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This study aimed to assess knowledge and attitude toward the monkeypox viral infection among pharmacy students of Jazan University in Saudi Arabia.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This is a cross-sectional, self-administered web-based study between the periods from April 2024 to June 2024. Descriptive statistics for all variables used chi-square statistics, and multivariate analysis to establish the association between participant\u2019s demographic characteristics and knowledge of monkeypox disease.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The overall level of knowledge and attitude found 32 and 44.5%, respectively among pharmacy students. The source of information was commonly social media (55.5%), and only 38% reported receiving information during medical education. The factors associated with knowledge level included gender (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.02), obesity (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.03), receiving information from family or friends (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.03), and during medical education (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.016). The factors that were associated with attitude included age (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.03), chronic disease (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.0001), social media (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.007), and medical education (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u202f=\u202f0.004) as sources of information.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study found the participants had a low level of knowledge and attitude toward Mpox infection. 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