Internist about advancing monkey pox: ‘Expect the unexpected’ | Health

‘It’s good that people are thinking about vaccination’

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Nijmegen – In the world, Europe leads the list when it comes to the (increasing) number of reports of infections with the monkeypox virus (more than 4920 of the 6027 cases). Although only three people have died, the disease is annoying with fever, blisters and fatigue. The question is whether it is not wise to offer the existing vaccines to the group that is most affected. Five questions for internist-infectiologist Chantal Bleeker-Rovers (Radboudumc).