Check how smallpox symptoms are and how can I contact them? If the infection is found or is “Confirmed patients” will be treated and quarantined for 21 days.
Today (31 May 65) from the epidemic situation of monkey pox that has been spread in many countries. This disease is caused by a virus of the Poxviridae family, classified in the genus. Orthopoxvirus Like many viruses, these include the variola virus, the vaccinia virus, and the cowpox virus. found in many animals Especially animals from the family of monkeys and rodents such as squirrels, wild rats, etc., as well as people can be infected with the disease.
Symptoms of monkey pox
The definition of a suspected case of smallpox is a patient who has a fever of 38 degrees Celsius with one of the symptoms, namely, sore throat, headache, muscle aches, back pain, or enlarged lymph nodes. or a pustular rash, which mainly occurs on the face, trunk and extremities, is a rash first, followed by blisters, blisters, pustules, and scabs, with one of these two symptoms, along with a history of internal epidemiological link. 21 days is
1. Travel history from countries with domestic reports of smallpox outbreaks Aside from Africa, there are Canada, England, Portugal and Spain.
2. History of participating in activities in the event that found smallpox patients or have a career that must be in close contact with those who travel from abroad regularly
3. History of close contact with wild animals such as rodents, monkeys, mammals imported from Africa.
definition of a patient with smallpox is a patient with a history of close contact by direct contact with the patient’s skin or touching clothing items that may contaminate the patient, being a household contact who lives in the same room as the patient or use the bathroom or bathroom equipment with the patient or contacts in the room or near a smallpox patient within 2 meters from 5 minutes or more
When it comes to reports that a suspected patient or a patient is considered for treatment in a hospital, screening and taking samples from the wound or throat will be screened. to detect infection by RT-PCR method and consider isolating to wait for infection detection If smallpox or other disease is not found, quarantine ends. But if the infection is found or is “Confirmed patients” will be treated and isolated for 21 days from the onset of illness.
How do you communicate in humans?
Contagious through direct contact with the blood, secretions or pustules of an infected animal, or from the bite of an infected animal.
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