What is Monkeypox?
The Monkeypox is a disease caused by monkeypox virus, which belongs to the orthopoxvirus group among which include the smallpox virus (variola), vaccine (used in smallpox vaccine) and the cowpox virus. The monkeypox can spread between animals, these beings and between humans, although it is less communicable than smallpox.
This is a rare disease that occurs mainly in West and Central Africa and owes its name to that first found in 1958 in laboratory monkeys. Subsequently, blood tests of animals in Africa later found that some species of rodents also had, like rats, mice, rabbits and an African squirrel, which could be the common host for the disease. In 1970, first reported on human monkey pox.
In humans, signs and symptoms are similar to those of smallpox, but usually more mild and include swollen lymph nodes. About 12 days after infection, people develop a fever, headache, muscle pain and backache, swollen lymph nodes and fatigue. One to three (or more) days after the fever starts, there is a rash, which subsequently becomes raised bumps filled with fluid, passing quickly through several stages before forming a crust, then a scab, and finally fall. This rash often begins on the face and spreads to the rest of the body, but can also begin in other parts of the body. Usually the illness lasts from 2 to 4 weeks and in some cases can be fatal.
There is no specific treatment for smallpox in the monkey. The lethality of this variant of smallpox is between 1 and 10 percent in Africa. The delivery CDC figures of 9.8% for non-vaccinated against smallpox and has been observed that people who were vaccinated in the past have a lower risk of contracting the disease because the vaccine is 85% effective in preventing this enfernedad
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