Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Monkeypox virus disease outbreak

Scientists do not expect the outbreak to evolve into a pandemic like COVID-19 given the virus does not spread as easily. Rodents like Gambian giant rats and squirrels are suspected to be the natural reservoirs of the virus.

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In Spain all of the reported cases to date involved men in Madrid officials said.

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Since then monkeypox has been reported in humans in. May 20 2022 818 pm IST. The monkeypox virus is transmitted to humans through a bite or direct contact with an infected animals blood body fluids or cutaneousmucosal lesions.

Health officials are currently testing another 22 suspected cases said Antonio. Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in colonies of monkeys kept for research hence the name monkeypox The first human case of monkeypox was recorded in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox. An image created during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC 1996 to 1997 shows the hands of a patient with a rash due.

The virus can be transmitted by respiratory droplets during direct and prolonged face-to-face contact. Over 1300 cases of suspected monkeypox cases and 58 deaths have now been reported worldwide as part of a new outbreak of the viral diseaseThe vast majority of these cases have been reported in. The World Health Organization WHO is working closely with countries where cases of the rare viral disease monkeypox have been reported the UN agency said on Friday.

The UN agency said in a statement that there were around 80 cases confirmed so far across 11 countries with a further 50 cases pending investigation. The reason its called monkeypox is that it was first found in monkeys wholike humanscan sometimes. So far nine people have been infected with the virus in the UK all but two in London.

RendonThe Daily BeastGettyEven as the coronavirus pandemic continues to kill hundreds of Americans a day monkeypox a viral disease that can cause serious flu-like. Health officials in Spain reported seven cases of monkeypox and Portugal updated its number of confirmed cases to 14 Thursday as an outbreak of a viral disease typically limited to Africa expanded in Europe. The virus Monkeypox is actually a disease of small African animals like rodents.

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