Monkeypox virus infection

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What is Monkeypox? Check Symptoms, Transmission, Prevention ... (Jagran Josh)

Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. It has recently infected a person who has a travel history to Nigeria.

According to US CDC, it is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. Outside Africa, the cases are linked to either international travel or imported animals in US, UK, Singapore and Israel. The incubation period is between 1 to 3 days after fever. The UK Health Security Agency has confirmed the case of a rare viral infection which is similar to smallpox. It enters the body through broken skin, respiratory tract, eye, nose or mouth. An individual in England who has a travel history to Nigeria has been diagnosed with the monkeypox virus.

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Explained: What is monkeypox, a smallpox-like disease from Africa ... (The Indian Express)

The monkeypox virus is an orthopoxvirus, which is a genus of viruses that also includes the variola virus, which causes smallpox, and vaccinia virus, ...

Awareness is important for prevention and control of the infection. The incubation period (time from infection to symptoms) for monkeypox is usually 7-14 days but can range from 5-21 days. “It is important to emphasise that monkeypox does not spread easily between people and the overall risk to the general public is very low,” Dr Colin Brown, Director of Clinical and Emerging Infections at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Saturday. It also causes the lymph nodes to swell (lymphadenopathy), which smallpox does not. While vaccination eradicated smallpox worldwide in 1980, monkeypox continues to occur in a swathe of countries in Central and West Africa, and has on occasion showed up elsewhere. According to the WHO, cases occur close to tropical rainforests inhabited by animals that carry the virus.

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