TRIBUNNEWS.COM – United States (USA) reported at least two strains virus monkeypox or monkey pox has circulated.
This suggests several introductions to the country.
Monkeypox is virus The large DNA belongs to the orthopoxvirus family.
Different from virus smallpox related, namely variola which only attacks humans, virus monkey pox found in rodents and other animals in some parts of Africa.
Orthopoxvirus is virus stable that does not mutate much.
However, the virus causing the current outbreak has few mutations compared to the version of the virus circulating in Africa.
Also read: 5 ways to prevent transmission of monkey pox, recognize the symptoms and the process of transmission
The University of New South Wales study at Sydney has not found evidence of whether these mutations affect clinical disease.
Experts also don’t yet understand whether the mutation has made it more contagious or changed the clinical pattern to become more like a sexually transmitted infection.
Quoted from Mintmonkeypox is a respiratory virus and has never been described as a sexually transmitted infection in the past.
However, the current transmission pattern is unusual.
–