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Mpox causes an infectious disease that can spread autochthonously between humans through direct contact and respiratory routes.

From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2024

It is conceded on all hands that the plague has never arisen autochthonously in Europe, but has in every instance been conveyed thither.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various