A new virus is on the rise and we have what you need to know about the origin and how it's contracted.
and the United Kingdom. In fact, this latest cluster is the largest outbreak of the disease seen to date on the continent.
In this image, monkeypox-like lesions can be seen on the arm and leg of a female child in Bondua, Liberia, in 1971.The United States and Canada have also confirmed one and two cases respectively, although 20 more suspected cases have also been reported in the latter country, at the time of writing. It is currently not known if the recent cases are linked and it is not clear how the individuals in question were exposed to the virus, with some having no history of travel to endemic regions.
Researchers are currently trying to understand more about the recent cluster of infections and how they occurred.is a virus that is found in several animals, such as rope squirrels, tree squirrels, Gambian pouched rats, dormice, and non-human primates, among other species, and can be transmitted to humans.
The disease was first detected in the 1950s in laboratory monkeys, hence the name, although monkeys don't appear to be the main carriers of the virus. According to the World Health Organization, the first human case—a nine-year-old boy—was recorded in 1970 in theSince then, the disease has spread to 11 countries across Central and West Africa, with the DRC particularity badly affected.
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