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The monkey pox It is a zoonosis (a disease transmitted between vertebrate animals and man) caused by a DNA virus. Although it produces symptoms and has a presentation similar to those of smallpox, a disease eradicated since 1980, it has less severity, transmissibility and mortality.
It is endemic mainly in Central and West Africa, and during the last years there has been a clear increase both in its frequency and in its distribution.
In recent times, the disease has become a topic of conversation, since the World Health Organization (WHO) registered 80 cases in 11 countries where it is not common.
People over 45 years of age have the smallpox vaccine that protects them reasonably well against monkeypox; if it continues to spread, it may be necessary to apply the smallpox vaccine, at least to high-risk people.
– Alejandro Macias (@doctormacias) May 20, 2022
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At all is we ask ourselves, does the smallpox vaccine protect against this disease?
About, Dr. Alejandro Macias explained that people over the age of 45 who were vaccinated against smallpox they are reasonably protected against monkey disease.
He said that if monkeypox continues to spread, high-risk people may need to be vaccinated.
Monkeypox: New cases detected in the US, Europe and Australia
New and suspected cases of monkey pox have arisen in the city of New York, Sweden, Canada and the two largest cities in Australia in recent days, in signs that the rare and potentially deadly relative of the smallpox virus, traditionally confined to parts of Africa, has now spread across the world.
Scientists are looking for links between the scattered infections that have been surging in the Northern Hemisphere for about two weeks. The pathogen typically causes flu-like symptoms, followed by a rash that often starts on the face and spreads over the entire body. The illness often lasts from two weeks to a month.
The virus does not spread efficiently between people, as direct contact with bodily fluids, infectious sores, contaminated material, or large respiratory droplets is needed for transmission. But the danger of them happening even infrequently is evident in the extent to which the virus has now travelled, with some evidence of community spread and cases popping up in many corners of the world.
Rising infections may be a complication tied to one of the biggest human victories over disease, he said. Ana Rimoinprofessor of infectious diseases and public health at the University of California, Los Angeles.
With information from The Conversation and Michelle Cortez.
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