Monkeypox: The first case from Brazil has a history of travel to Spain and Portugal. photo EFE
Brazil confirmed this Thursday the first case of monkeypox in its territory. This is a person with a history of travel to Portugal and Spain, which is among the countries with the largest number of patients with the disease.
Monkeypox was found in a 41 year old man, who lives in the city of Sao Paulo and whose identity has not been revealed. “The confirmation came from the Adolfo Lutz Institute after carrying out a differential diagnosis of Varicella Zoster virus detection by RT-PCR (negative)” and another analysis that identified “the genome of the Monkeypox Virus”, the Secretariat specified. of State Health.
The first monkeypox patient in Brazil is hospitalized in “good clinical condition”, while all your contacts are under surveillance. On the other hand, the epidemiological surveillance center and the mayor’s office of São Paulo continue to investigate the situation of a 26-year-old woman, also a resident of the state capital.
WHO has already recorded more than 1,000 confirmed cases in 29 countries where the disease is not endemic, with the highest number in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Canada and Germany.
Sample of a monkeypox virion obtained from a 2003 clinical specimen. Photo CDC / Cynthia S. Goldsmith
Monkeypox is considered a rare viral disease Transmitted by close contact with an infected person and skin lesions.
The first symptoms may be fever, headache, muscle and back pain, chills or fatigue. Skin lesions develop between the first and third day after the onset of symptoms.
The São Paulo authorities recommended washing hands, sanitizing any material used by a sick person and avoiding close contact to avoid contagion.
The disease, which was first identified in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is now considered endemic in a dozen African countries.
Its emergence in non-endemic countries worries experts. So far, confirmed cases in non-endemic regions are generally benign and no deaths have been reported.
Monkeypox in Argentina
Two cases of monkeypox have been detected in Argentina so far, according to data provided by the Ministry of Health.
The first, identified on May 27, was a man from the province of Buenos Aires who was treated in a city health center with symptoms compatible with monkeypox. “The patient is in good condition, undergoing symptomatic treatment and the close contacts of him are under clinical and epidemiological control without presenting symptoms to date”, they assured from the national health portfolio.
Hours later the second case arrived: resident in Spain, visiting the Province of Buenos Aires and without any connection with the first patient.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director of the WHO, reported that there are already more than a thousand cases of monkeypox in the world. AFP photo
“The general condition is good. He is isolated and is receiving symptomatic treatment. His close contacts are under close clinical and epidemiological monitoring, all being asymptomatic to date,” they added in the health report.
Worldwide, WHO has already detected more than 1,000 cases. Most of it was detected in Europe. The UK, Spain, Portugal, Canada and Germany are the most affected countries.
With information from AFP
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Source: Clarin
