Cases of monkeypox continue to rise as a recent outbreak reaches countries in North America and Europe, where the disease is not commonly found.
The arms and torso of a patient with skin lesions due to monkeypox, during an investigation into an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1996-1997.continue to rise as a recent outbreak reaches countries in North America and Europe, where the disease is not commonly found.
Human-to-human transmission occurs either through hugging, touching or prolonged face-to-face contact. Typically, the disease begins with a fever, headache, fatigue, chills and muscle aches. Unlike smallpox, however, monkeypox also causes swollen lymph nodes. To determine if someone has the disease, state-run laboratories first run tests to determine if the patient has orthopoxvirus, which contains four species of virus that include monkeypox.How to treat monkeypoxAntivirals typically used for smallpox have been shown to be effective in lab studies and in animal trials.
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