What is monkeypox? What is the prognosis?
Monkeypox is a zoonotic viral disease caused by monkeypox virus infection, which is mainly clinically manifested as fever, rash, and lymphadenopathy. The disease is mainly endemic in Central and West Africa. Monkeypox cases have also been reported in some non-endemic countries since May 2022, and community transmission is unknown.
Source of infection: The main host of monkeypox virus is African rodents (including African squirrels, tree squirrels, Gambian kangaroos, sleeping mice, etc.). The main source of infection is rodents infected with monkeypox virus. Primates (including monkeys, chimpanzees, humans, etc.) can also be a source of infection when infected.
Route of transmission: The virus invades the human body through the mucous membranes and broken skin. Humans are infected mainly by contact with the lesion exudate, blood, and other body fluids of infected animals, or by biting or scratching infected animals. It is transmitted mainly from person to person through close contact, but also through droplets, and contact with items contaminated with the virus may also be infected, and it can also be transmitted vertically through the placenta. Sexual transmission cannot yet be ruled out. People are generally susceptible.
Prognosis: Monkeypox is a self-limiting disease and most prognosis is good. Severe cases are common in young children and immunocompromised populations, and prognosis is related to the branch of the virus infected, the degree of exposure to the virus, the previous state of health, and the severity of complications. The branch-to-mortality rate in West Africa is about 3 percent and in the Congo Basin branch case fatality rate is about 10 percent. #Monkeypox ##2022版猴痘防控指南发布 #
