Health authorities in Portugal (18) on Wednesday confirmed that five cases a rare monkeypox infectionCaused by a virus in the same family as smallpox. After two UK laboratories reported two cases of the disease to WHO, 23 more people in Spain are being tested for the disease. At least one case has been recorded in the United States.

Among the 20 suspected cases in that country, the five Portuguese patients diagnosed with the disease are all male, living in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region, and in stable condition, with only ulcerative lesions. Doctors suspect that some infections are transmitted through sexual intercourse between gay or bisexual men.

What is monkey flower?

First detected in monkey colonies used for research in 1958 (hence the name “Monkeypox” in English), monkeypox is a wild zoonosis. with rare infections in humans. However, these cases occurred in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with similar but milder symptoms to smallpox.

Symptoms include fever, headache, and a rash that starts on the face and then spreads to the entire body. The incubation period of the disease is 6 to 13 days, but can be as long as 21. Resultant may be mild or severe, lesions may be very itchy and painful, but smallpox itself is usually self-limited. with complete disappearance of symptoms within two to three weeks.

As for mortality, it is necessary to consider both clades of the virus: mortality in the West African clade is around 1%; and in the Congo Basin, it can reach 10%. According to a statement from the Portuguese health authority, in case of suspicious symptoms of the disease, a person should avoid any kind of direct physical contact, because transmission occurs through injuries, interaction with bodily fluids and respiratory droplets.

Source: Tec Mundo

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