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In this outbreak, close sexual contact appears to be important for MPXV transmission, and an increasing prevalence in people with multiple sexual partners and in men who have sex with men has been observed. Although Vaccinia virus (VACV)-based vaccines have been shown to induce a cross-reactive and protective immune response against MPXV, limited data support their efficacy against the 2022 Mpox outbreak. Furthermore, there are no specific antiviral drugs for Mpox. Host-cell lipid rafts are small, highly dynamic plasma-membrane microdomains enriched in cholesterol, glycosphingolipids and phospholipids that have emerged as crucial surface-entry platforms for several viruses. We previously demonstrated that the antifungal drug Amphotericin B (AmphB) inhibits fungal, bacterial and viral infection of host cells through its capacity to sequester host-cell cholesterol and disrupt lipid raft architecture. 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