Epidemiological Updates of MPOX: An Emerging Disease
<p id="p1">MPOX is a zoonotic disease caused by orthopoxvirus. The disease is endemic in African countries, but major outbreak was reported in the early 2022 outside the endemic countries and subsequently spreading in the whole world following which it was declared as a Public Health Emergency of In...
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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IntechOpen
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/87017 |
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| Sumario: | <p id="p1">MPOX is a zoonotic disease caused by orthopoxvirus. The disease is endemic in African countries, but major outbreak was reported in the early 2022 outside the endemic countries and subsequently spreading in the whole world following which it was declared as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on July 23, 2022. MPOX is a self-limiting disease with symptoms generally lasting from 2 to 4 weeks. Vesiculopustular skin rashes begin 1 to 3 days after prodromal symptoms and can last up to 4 weeks. Transmission can occur from animal to human as well as from human to human <em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">via</italic></em> body fluids, close contact with respiratory secretions, skin lesions, contaminated material etc. As there is no specific treatment for MPOX, isolation of the confirmed cases is the key modality to control the spread of the disease.</p> |
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| ISBN: | 978-0-85014-096-5 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.111563 |