Rifaat The African continent An emergency situation due to the spread of disease Brown troutScientists are concerned about the spread of a new version of the disease there that could be transferred more easily between people.
The World Health Organization has also declared the monkeypox outbreak in the Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency, with confirmed cases among children and adults in more than a dozen countries.
In this regard, Youm Al-Sabea explains to the readers everything related to the stress of the smallpox virus in general and smallpox in particular.
The high-risk strain B1 is spreading rapidly in central Africa, with large cases reported in the Republic of Congo, and a new type of… Smallpox Called “clade 1b”, it is more deadly and able to spread from person to person more easily than previous forms, with death rates reaching 10% of disease cases.
According to Hindustantimes website, we will learn more about it Smallpox virus.
Monkeypox is an infectious disease caused by… Monkeypox virusThe Mpox 1b strain was first detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa, where it began to spread in September 2023.
Cases have since been reported in Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Rwanda, and new cases in Uganda and Kenya in early August 2024 were linked to variant 1B.
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization announced the release Spotted virus As a global public health emergency, this is the second time in two years that the virus has been classified as such.
In a post on the social media platform “Edit the answer to stop the spread of the disease. “
Between the beginning of 2022 and 28 July 2024, a total of 37,583 cases and 1,451 deaths due to smallpox were reported in 15 African countries, according to data from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
What are the B1 groups of the smallpox virus?
B1 is divided into two different groups:
– The first group
The strongest and deadliest group is in the Congo Basin in Central Africa, and the second group is endemic to West Africa.
– The second group
This is the type that caused a global outbreak that began in 2022. Infections from group 2 chickenpox are less severe, with more than 99.9% of those infected surviving. disease.
Group 1 strains cause more severe illness and death, with mortality rates reaching around 3%. But health experts in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the death rate from Group 1B stress could be as high as 10% among children.
The Group 1B strain causes a rash all over the body, unlike other strains where sores and rashes are usually limited to the mouth, face and genitals.
Both types of monkeypox are spread by close contact with an infected person, which includes talking and breathing close to an infected person through a so-called “stomach”.
Smallpox can also be spread through sexual contact, but health experts do not describe the disease as a sexually transmitted disease.
Type 1b mortality rates are high among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been hit hard by cases of smallpox type 1b, with more than 13,000 people infected.
Most deaths (85%) were among children under the age of 15 – who accounted for 68% of cases, while the disease is more common among males, who accounted for 73% of the reported cases.
Most countries have not yet been recognized breeds Which gives rise to the suspicion that there is disease with chicken pox and pox.
The status of smallpox in Africa is in serious danger
Although smallpox is moderately contagious and dangerous, the death rate was much higher on the African continent than in the rest of the world.
“Although there is a safe and effective vaccine and antiviral treatment for smallpox, these vaccines are not readily available to most people and, therefore, we declare such a high level of risk,” he wrote CDC Africa in report 30 July 2024.
From January to the end of July 2024, a total of 14,250 cases and 456 deaths were reported from 10 African countries.
This represents a 160% and 19% increase in the number of cases and deaths respectively in 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.
According to the report, the Democratic Republic of Congo is the epicenter of monkeypox cases, accounting for 96.3% of all cases and 97% of deaths reported this year.
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control said on July 29, 2024, that the risks to the European region are “very low.”
2024-08-16 09:00:00
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