The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday it had recorded more than 700 cases of monkeypox worldwide, including 21 in the United States, where an interim investigation showed that the disease had begun to spread in the United States. Uncle Sam’s country.
Sixteen of the first 17 cases were men who had sex with men, according to the latest CDC report, and 14 of them are thought to be travel-related.
Some patients have recovered, some are still in the recovery stage. So far there have been no cases leading to death.
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“There are also some cases in the US that we know are related to other confirmed cases,” Jennifer McQuiston, deputy director of the CDC’s Division of Pathogens and High Consequence Pathology, told reporters by telephone.
“There’s also one case in the US that has nothing to do with travel and we don’t know how they got infected.”
Monkeypox, or monkeypox, is a rare disease that is associated with – but not as severe as – smallpox. Symptoms include a spreading rash, fever, chills and pain.
Although usually found in west and central Africa, cases have now been reported in Europe since May, and the number of countries affected is growing.
Canada also released its latest data Friday (3/6), where there are 77 confirmed cases – almost all of them detected in the province of Quebec, where the smallpox vaccine has already been delivered.
Although this outbreak is thought to be linked to gay festivals in Europe, monkeypox is not considered a sexually transmitted disease, with the main risk factor being close skin-to-skin contact with someone with monkeypox sores.
A person is considered contagious until all wounds are scab and new skin begins to form. [rd/ah]
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