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Institute for Tropical Medicine: First case of monkeypox in Hamburg

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Hamburg Institute for Tropical Medicine

First case of monkeypox in Hamburg

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As of 11:02 a.m | Reading time: 2 minutes

The entrance to the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg – – –

The entrance to the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg

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A 32-year-old who has contracted the virus is currently being treated in a special clinic at the Hamburg University Hospital. Together with the Hamburg case, at least 21 people in six federal states in Germany have now been infected with the virus.

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In Hamburg there is the first case of monkeypox. On Monday, the Bernhard Nocht Clinic of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) admitted a 32-year-old patient suffering from the virus.

This was announced by the UKE. The Bernhard-Nocht-Klinik is an infection ward of the UKE with a focus on infectiology, tropical medicine and gastroenterology.

Neither the UKE nor the responsible Hamburg authority for work, health, social affairs, family and integration wanted to provide any further information about the patient – ​​for example about his condition or where he was infected – with reference to data protection.

Last week, authority spokesman Martin Helfrich assured WELT that Hamburg was well positioned. Special structures for infection protection or follow-up are therefore not required.

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However, anyone who has had contact with an infected person and has noticed symptoms in himself should have them checked by a doctor if necessary. If their patients show symptoms such as the typical skin rash, doctors should primarily rely on travel anamnesis.

Mostly infected during sexual intercourse

In everyday situations, such as in the subway, it is very unlikely to become infected with the virus, Helfrich now told NDR. In the cases known to date, those affected were infected through close physical contact, mostly during sexual intercourse.

According to the Robert Koch Institute, an infection with monkeypox is usually mild. Together with the Hamburg case, at least 33 people in six federal states in Germany have now contracted the virus.

According to the RKI, what is special about the cases is that the patients had not previously traveled to those countries in Africa where monkeypox is endemic. In addition, many transmissions could apparently have happened in the context of sexual activities. “As far as is known, most of those affected do not become seriously ill,” it said.

circulates unnoticed

Given the unusual outbreak in several countries, experts had expected the number of cases to continue to rise. Experts suspect that the virus has been circulating unnoticed for a while.

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They assume that the outbreak can be contained. According to current knowledge, the RKI estimates the risk to the health of the general population in Germany to be low.

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