There are also 28 suspected cases.
According to Saturday's updated numbers, the disease that barely came into the news 10 days ago already has about 92 confirmed cases with another 28 suspected cases. So far, the U.S. has only one confirmed case of the virus in a person with no travel history to regions in Africa where the disease is endemic. is a zoonotic disease - a condition that is transmitted from animals to humans.
Interestingly, these are also the symptoms of smallpox, a disease caused by a virus belonging to the same family calledbut has been eradicated through vaccinations. Epidemiologists also suggest that smallpox vaccination can offer a certain degree of protection against the monkeypox virus as well. However, since eradicating the disease, smallpox vaccinations have been removed from inoculation drives in most countries.
Compared to smallpox, monkeypox is a relatively milder disease and resolves in a period of two-four weeks. However, the disease can get severe in certain groups such as immunocompromised individuals, pregnant women, and children. There are two main strains of the virus that causes these infections, and one is found more frequently in West Africa, while the other is found in the Congo River Basin region. The West African clade of the virus causes less severe disease and has a 3.
if individuals find themselves with an unexplained rash and related symptoms. The incubation period for the infection can range from 5 to 21 days. In 2019, a vaccine against monkeypox was approved, while a drug, tecovirimat, was approved earlier this year. However, both these countermeasures are not widely available, the WHO has said.
Patients confirmed by testing must isolate until their lesions have healed, the scan has fallen off, and a new layer of skin is formed underneath. After reporting four cases in the past week, Belgium has become the first country to introduce a 21-day quarantine for monkeypox patients,
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