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A total of 43 cases of monkey pox have now been found in Sweden, 15 more than at the end of June. Most have been reported from the Stockholm Region and all are men.
On 19 May, the Swedish Public Health Agency reported on the first case in Sweden and now 43 people have been found infected, figures from the Swedish Public Health Agency’s latest update on 7 July show. The increase was 15 cases since the authority’s update at the end of June.
All infected are men between 20 and 60 years old. The cases are found all over the country, but most have been found in the Stockholm Region. One third of those found to be infected have been infected in Sweden.
According to the European Infection Control Agency ECDC, as of July 5, almost 6,000 cases have been reported in Europe, of which 99 percent are men. More than half of European cases have been reported from the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain. So far, few people have become seriously ill with smallpox.
Most people have reported symptoms such as rash, fever, fatigue, muscle aches, vomiting and chills. About one in ten infected people has been admitted to hospital for treatment or isolation, but no deaths have been recorded.
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Monkey pox is a disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans. It was discovered in monkeys and was therefore named monkey pox, but it is probably different rodents in Central and West African rainforests that are reservoirs of the virus.
In the spring of 2022, an unusual number of cases of smallpox have been found in several countries. Transmission of viruses seems to have taken place primarily through sexual contacts between men who have sex with men.
Monkey pox often causes rashes, sores and blisters. The symptoms are often mild but can be severe in people at risk. In older studies conducted in Africa, some mortality has also been reported.
There are medicines that seem to have some effect against the infection and that can be used in case of serious illness.
All cases of infection with monkey pox must be reported to the infection control doctor in the region and to the Public Health Agency.
Source: Swedish Public Health Agency
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