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  • 18 February, 2023

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Monkeypox

Monkeypox

  • Recently, the Fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), Emergency Committee on the Multi-Country Outbreak of monkeypox was held.
  • 196 nations have entered into a legally binding agreement known as the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 to develop the capacity to identify and report potential public health emergencies globally.

WHO's Most Recent Worldwide Statistics:

  • Since January 1, 2022, reports of (monkeypox) have come from 110 different nations, with up to 85,765 confirmed cases and 1,382 suspected cases.
  • With 29,948 confirmed cases over the time period, the United States was the country most severely impacted. Brazil, Spain, France, and Colombia came after it.

About Monkeypox:

  • It is a viral zoonotic illness that mostly affects tropical rainforest regions of Central and West Africa, with sporadic exportations to other locations. It is widespread in Nigeria.
  • It is brought on by the monkeypox virus, a species of the Orthopoxvirus family.
  • Monkeypox has a clinical appearance similar to smallpox, an orthopaxvirus infection that was eradicated globally in 1980.
  • History Outbreaks: The first case of monkeypox was documented in western Africa in 1958 in monkeys, and in humans in 1970.
  • In 2017, the disease's largest outbreak was in Nigeria.
  • Following then, reports of the illness have been made in numerous nations, including the USA, Singapore, and the UK.

Symptoms:

  • Fever
  • Bruising and enlarged lymph nodes
  • nausea and headaches
  • Human-to-human transmission of the monkeypox virus does occur, albeit it is most frequently spread by wild rodents and primates (close physical contact).
  • By coming into touch with lesions, bodily fluids, respiratory droplets, and contaminated objects like bedding, the monkeypox virus can spread from one person to another.

What distinguishes it from smallpox?

  • The primary distinction between the signs and symptoms of monkeypox and smallpox is that the latter results in lymphadenopathy while smallpox does not.
  • There is no specialised anti-monkeypox medication or vaccine at this time.
  • Many smallpox vaccines are frequently provided to people who have been exposed to the virus.
  • Antiviral medications such as tecovirimat and brincidofovir.

Way Forward

  • Increasing understanding and enhancing surveillance
  • Health facilities' state of readiness following a decline in Long Covid-19 cases.

Source: WHO


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