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After African and many European countries, the first suspected case of monkeypox has been reported in India. The young man has returned to India from an infected country. He has been kept in isolation after showing symptoms. His sample is being tested. According to media reports, many countries in Africa are affected by monkeypox and the young man had returned from there. Monkeypox is associated with monkeys, but surprisingly, it is not 100% mandatory that monkeys spread the virus.
How did the monkey's name get associated with ampox?
Ampox is a zoonotic disease, that is, it is a disease that spreads between animals and humans. Its first case was reported in 1958. Its virus was found in monkeys. That is why this disease was named Ampox, although it has not yet been known where this virus came from.
The first case of monkeypox was reported in 1970
Scientists suspect that African rodents and non-human primates are home to the virus. This spreads the infection. The first case of monkeypox in humans was reported in the 1970s. The patient was a resident of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2022, monkeypox has spread throughout the world. Previously, cases of monkeypox were rare elsewhere and were usually associated with travel or animals imported from areas where monkeypox was common.
How does this virus spread?
The CDC report says that the virus can spread to a healthy person through the infected patient's saliva, sweat and infected objects. This virus also spreads from an infected pregnant woman to her child. The monkeypox virus can make a normal person sick even if he touches an infected cloth or surface.
Symptoms of the Monkeypox Virus
It may take 1 to 4 days for an infected patient to show symptoms. Symptoms include fever, muscle pain, chills, rash, swollen lymph nodes. In some cases, difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing food and swelling in the eyes may occur. However, there have been no cases so far where a person has not shown symptoms and it has spread to others. It can spread from animals to humans. Many cases of this have been reported in African countries.
What does WHO have to say in this matter?
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that several such cases have been reported in African countries, although the cause of their spread is unknown. Governments of various countries are monitoring them through emergency response. However, there are many countries where cases have spread and come to light due to lack of awareness among people about the disease. In those countries, testing and identification systems and the number of care workers are limited. Efforts are being made to control the monkeypox virus spreading from one person to another in African countries.