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Monkeypox outbreak: Global cases rise to more than 550
www.medicalnewstoday.com | By Jeanna D. Smiley and Angela Chao on June 2, 2022 — Fact checked by Patricia Weiser, PharmD |Image credit: theindependent.co.uk
seated near the U.K. traveler when they flew from Nigeria to London [on May 3-4, 2022]. Of these, one is no longer in the U.S., and one was not a contact. The remaining six are being monitored by their respective state health departments. None of these six travel contacts have monkeypox symptoms and their risk of infection is very low.” The WHO officials have been tracking monkeypox’s path through Europe and North America for several weeks. However, with the data available so far, they do not know long the virus has been spreading. On May 30, the agency said during a public webinar that while it cannot rule out the risk, it is unlikely the outbreak will turn into a global pandemic.
What is monkeypox? Monkeypox is a zoonotic virus, which transmits disease from animals to On the heels of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a zoonotic virus seems humans. Cases typically occur near tropical rainforests, where animals to be spreading across the globe. that carry the virus live. Since early May, Monkeypox has been making headway across at least 30 countries, including the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Australia, and the United States. The number of cases has increased to more than 550 worldwide as of June 1, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The monkeypox virus is a member of the orthopoxvirus family. It also has two distinct genetic strains or clades: the Central African (Congo Basin) clade and the West African clade. The Congo Basin clade is known to spread more easily and cause more severe symptoms. Monkeypox naturally occurs in Africa, especially in west and central African nations. Cases in the U.S. are rare and associated with international In the U.K., nearly 200 monkeypox cases have been confirmed since May travel from places where the disease is more common. 7. During a press conference on May 17, WHO officials said that these are mostly separate occurrences except for “a family cluster with two confirmed cases and one probable case[…].”
What are the symptoms?
Monkeypox symptoms and signs include headache, skin rash, fever, body Recently, Canada and the U.S. joined these nations in tracking and tracing aches, chills, swollen lymph nodes, and exhaustion. It produces symptoms the virus. similar to smallpox, but milder. As of May 19, Canada confirmed two monkeypox cases and said it was investigating more than a dozen suspected cases. The Massachusetts Department of Health also announced a single case in an individual who had recently been in Canada. Several Canadian cases have been linked to this person.
The time from infection to the onset of symptoms, which is referred to as the incubation period, can range from five to 21 days. The illness typically resolves within two to four weeks.
Severe cases are more common among people with underlying immune deficiencies and young children. In recent times, the case fatality ratio of On May 18, Scott Pauley, press officer at the Centers for Disease Control monkeypox is around 3-6%. and PreventionTrusted Source (CDC), told Medical News Today: “The U.K. notified the U.S. of 8 people in the U.S. who might have been
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