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BACKGROUND *VIRAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE that CAUSES a FEBRILE ILLNESS with CHARACTERISTIC SKIN RASH & SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES ~ SYMPTOMS SIMILAR to SMALLPOX but CLINICALLY LESS SEVERE DISCOVERY in 1958 with 2 OUTBREAKS of POX-LIKE DISEASE in COLONIES of MONKEYS KEPT for RESEARCH FIRST HUMAN CASE REPORTED in DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO in 1970 CAUSES * INFECTION with MONKEYPOX VIRUS ~ CONTACT with INFECTED PERSON or ANIMAL - ROPE SQUIRRELS, TREE SQUIRRELS, GAMBIAN POUCHED RATS, DORMICE, MONKEYS - CLOSE CONTACT with INFECTED SKIN LESIONS BODILY FLUIDS RESPIRATORY DROPLETS - CONTAMINATED OBJECTS (CLOTHING. TOWELS, BEDDING) - MOTHER to FETUS via PLACENTA or DURING/ AFTER CHILDBIRTH DIAGNOSIS * PCR TESTING ~ ANTIBODY TESTING INCONCLUSIVE SIGNS & SYMPTOMS * INCUBATION PERIOD: 6 - 14 DAYS → CAN RANGE from 5 - 21 DAYS * INITIAL: ~ FEBRILE ILLNESS: FEVER, CHILLS, INTENSE HEADACHE, SWELLING of LYMPH NODES. BACK PAIN, MUSCLE ACHES, LACK of ENERGY * WITHIN 3 DAYS of FEVER: ~ CHARACTERISTIC RASH: FLAT RED BASE that EVOLVES into SLIGHTLY RAISED FIRM LESIONS ~ LESIONS EVENTUALLY CHANGE to VESICLES FILLED with YELLOW FLUID, then CRUST OVER & SLOUGH OFF TREATMENT * CURRENTLY NO SPECIFIC TREATMENTS * SEVERE ILLNESS or RISK of COMPLICATION: ~ ANTIVIRALS: TECOVIRIMAT (TPOXX), CIDOFOVIR (VISTIDE), BRINCIDOFOVIR (TEMBEXA), VACCINIA IMMUNE GLOBULIN INTRAVENOUS (VIGIV) *SMALLPOX VACCINE ~ 85% PROTECTION from GETTING MONKEYPOX ~ VACCINATION AFTER EXPOSURE MAY HELP PREVENT GETTING or REDUCE SEVERITY CHARACTERISTIC RASH/LESIONS COSMOSIS from ELSEVIER

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Suggest a 2024 Mpox Outbreak On August 13th, 2024, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared an ongoing mpox (monkeypox) outbreak in parts of Africa a public health emergency of international concern. BBC News [³] posted a video on YouTube[3], detailing more than 15,600 cases and 537 deaths have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the beginning of the year. The video (seen below, left) amassed over 72,000 views and 900 likes in two days. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the WHO, said in a press conference on August 13th, 2024 the situation was "very worrying" and warranted the "highest level of alarm under international health law." The Guardian posted a video of Adhanom's conference (seen below, right), amassing roughly 67,000 views and 442 likes in a day. Entry Editor Mateus Staff Me Mpox declared public health ... BABYMETAL-×-M... Mpox outbreak BBC NEWS #メギツネ BABYMETAL BMD FOX RECORDS BMD FOR 2022 Outbreak 2022 Monkeypox Outbreak refers to reports of the infectious disease monkeypox, typically found in Central and West Africa, spreading across areas of Europe, the U.S. and Canada in 2022. A case of monkeypox was confirmed in England in May 2022 and spread to Portugal, Spain and Canada over the course of the month. The spread of the disease inspired conversation and fear that monkeypox would become a pandemic, especially due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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America The Ghetto CE @LizzMurr56. Follow X Monkeypox was concentrated in the Democratic Republic of Congo which is facing a genocide. It needs be said over and over again it is impossible to prevent the spread of disease while genocidal violence happens. Also polio is ravaging Gaza. Stopping genocide is a global issue! Pop Base @PopBase The World Health Organisation has declared Mpox (monkeypox) a public health emergency of international concern. 2:34 PM Aug 14, 2024
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