The WHO has noted that the monkeypox virus, originally found in laboratory monkeys, was named in 1958 before current best practices in nomenclature of diseases were created.

世卫组织指出，最初在实验室猴子身上发现的猴痘病毒是在 1958 年命名的，当时还没有制定出目前疾病命名的最佳做法。