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Methods: A large-scale, cross-sectional survey was conducted among 283 physicians between 20 August\u20132 September 2022, in Turkey. The participants\u2019 sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, attitudes, concerns, and vaccine acceptance toward monkeypox infection were collected via a questionnaire. Results: Our study revealed that 32.5% of physicians achieved a good level of knowledge; similarly, 31.4% of the physicians planned to have the monkeypox vaccine. Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis showed that female physicians (p = 0.031) and older people (\u226530 vs. &lt;30) were more likely to be knowledgeable about monkeypox (p = 0.007). We found that participants from divisions of internal medicine (p = 0.033) who knew about the monkeypox disease during medical school or residency (p = 0.005) and were previously exposed to COVID-19 disease (p = 0.005) were more likely to have a good knowledge score of monkeypox. We also found that physicians with a good knowledge score were more worried about monkeypox compared to COVID-19 (AOR: 2.22; 95% CI:1.13\u20134.33; p = 0.019). Additionally, those who had information on monkeypox during medical education (AOR = 2.16, 95% CI = 1.10\u20134.21; p = 0.024) were more likely to receive the smallpox vaccine to prevent monkeypox viral infection when available. Conclusions: The present study pointed out that physicians in Turkey have unsatisfactory levels of knowledge about the emerging monkeypox. This study results can impede attempts to detect and manage cases of monkeypox and should be addressed through appropriate and timely awareness and educational programs, alerts, and seminars. These might serve as the basis for policymakers\u2019 decisions about promoting national monkeypox vaccination strategies and addressing potential vaccine hesitancy and misinformation when needed.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/vaccines11010019","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,22]],"date-time":"2022-12-22T02:06:14Z","timestamp":1671674774000},"page":"19","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":54,"title":["Knowledge and Attitudes of Turkish Physicians towards Human Monkeypox Disease and Related Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3590-0426","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Taha Koray","family":"Sahin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06100, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2487-2087","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Enes","family":"Erul","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06100, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Melek Seren","family":"Aksun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06100, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6529-5282","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Meliha Cagla","family":"Sonmezer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06100, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1184-4711","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Serhat","family":"Unal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06100, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6904-9473","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Murat","family":"Akova","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06100, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e6","DOI":"10.1086\/595552","article-title":"Transmission of atypical varicella-zoster virus infections involving palm and sole manifestations in an area with monkeypox endemicity","volume":"48","author":"Macneil","year":"2009","journal-title":"Clin. 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