The Monkey Flower virus continues to be on the agenda due to its rapidly increasing effect. Monkeypox disease is a viral zoonotic disease that first appears in the tropical rainforests of Central and West Africa and is occasionally exported to other regions. Monkeypox disease was first discovered in 1958 when an outbreak of smallpox-like disease emerged in laboratory monkey colonies, hence the name ‘monkeypox’. Here, detailed information about monkeypox virus The case of monkeypox virus was first seen in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since that date, cases of monkeypox virus have been reported in humans in other Central and West African countries.
Infection:
Monkeypox virus is mostly transmitted to humans from wild animals such as rodents and primates, but human-to-human transmission can also occur.
The Monkeypox virus is transmitted from one person to another through contact with contaminated materials such as lesions, bodily fluids, respiratory droplets and bedding. Eating undercooked meat and other animal products of infected animals is a possible risk factor. It can also be transmitted from mother to fetus through the placenta.
signs and symptoms
The incubation period (range from infection to onset of symptoms) is usually 6 to 13 days, but can range from 5 to 21 days.
Infection can be divided into two periods:
The invasion period, which is characterized by fever, intense headache, lymphadenopathy (swelling of the lymph nodes), back pain, muscle aches and severe weakness, lasts between 0-5 days. Lymphadenopathy is a distinguishing feature of the monkeypox virus case compared to other diseases that may initially appear similar (chickenpox, measles, smallpox).
The skin rash usually begins 1-3 days after the fever appears. The rash tends to be more concentrated on the face and extremities rather than the trunk. The rashes usually start on the face (95% of cases) and affect the palms and soles (75% of cases). In addition, the oral mucosa (in 70% of cases), the genital area (30%) and the cornea (20%) are affected, along with the conjunctiva. The rash ranges from macules (flat-bottomed lesions) to papules (slightly raised firm lesions), vesicles (clear fluid-filled lesions), pustules (yellowish fluid-filled lesions), and crusts that slough off.
Monkeypox is a self-limiting illness with symptoms that usually last 2 to 4 weeks. Severe cases are more common among children. The case fatality rate of monkeypox virus ranges from 0% to 11% in the general population and is higher among young children.