What is Monkeypox, the Virus Infecting People in the U.S. and Europe?

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.

A cousin of smallpox Monkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to a subset of the Poxviridae family of viruses called Orthopoxvirus. This subset includes the smallpox, vaccinia and cowpox viruses. While an animal reservoir for monkeypox virus is unknown, African rodents are suspected to play a part in transmission. The monkeypox virus has only been isolated twice from an animal in nature.

The first reported cases of monkeypox in the U.S. was in 2003, from an outbreak in Texas linked to a shipment of animals from Ghana. There were also travel-associated cases in November and July 2021 in Maryland. Health officials are worried the virus may currently be spreading undetected through community transmission, possibly through a new mechanism or route. Where and how infections are occurring are still under investigation.

While monkeypox is rare and usually non-fatal, one version of the disease kills around 10% of infected people. The form of the virus currently circulating is thought to be milder, with a fatality rate of less than 1%.

Will this illness be cured?

Моя бывшая одногруппница выпустила материал на медузе об этом. Говорит, что заболевшие в глаза не видели обезьян😳

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Keep their dirty asses out of India, Bangladesh, and all of central and South America.

So if you had the smallpox vaccine as a child, you can be relatively sure you are protected from monkeypox?

You know what is more disgusting than the images you share for fear-mongering? that what used to be a reputable scientific publication now is just a propaganda arm for the government. DISGUSTING

Are people permanently scarred from monkeypox?

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