#世卫组织: Monkeypox virus has spread from person to person #Belgium has begun to require quarantine, followed by quarantine, reduced outdoors, sanitize and other measures.
First, let's talk about why human-to-human transmission is determined.
Two days ago, a genome sequencing article on monkeypox virus was published, a total of two, two patients from Belgium and Portugal, these two patients do not seem to be close contact, but the Belgian case has a history of Portuguese travel, but genetic evidence shows that the strains of infection between the two are basically the same, which means that there is a community infection with monkeypox, and the patient is infected with monkeypox indirectly.
Before that, the main transmission of monkeypox was from animals to people, which may be a little more interesting that although monkeypox was first found on monkeys, it was actually mainly infected with rodents such as rats and groundhogs. In addition, studies have found that monkeypox can also be transmitted by aerosols.
Human-to-human transmission, that is, community transmission, is an important marker of infectious diseases, which means that there will be a major shift in the prevention of infections.
If it was animals to humans before, human-to-human transmission means that the virus will spread through close contact, or contact with objects used by the patient, or even the space (droplets) that the patient passes.
Therefore, the general occurrence of human-to-human transmission means that the epidemic prevention will begin to change significantly, no longer based on the past ideas of preventing and controlling zoonotic infectious diseases, but to focus on the population.
For example, the implementation of key population isolation or restriction of movement to avoid further spread of crowds.
For example, disinfect key sites to avoid viruses from persisting in the environment.
In addition, susceptible animals in key locations need to be paid close attention to avoid viruses staying on these animals.
For locals, it is necessary to reduce gatherings, reduce outdoor activities, and avoid transmission due to the environment and crowds.
Basically, at this point, monkeypox is already possible to develop further. Especially after large-scale entry into the crowd, it is often accompanied by an evolutionary acceleration of the selection of the population (like raising clams).
Although the current R0 transmitted by monkeypox is not high, and no major variation has occurred, it has to be taken seriously.
For example, vaccines may have to be re-prepared, drug treatment plans may also be re-developed, and so on.
