Genome Center confirms monkeypox research results are more difficult to contract than covid omikron It is not difficult to control the epidemic.
on August 6 Medical Genome Center Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University Educate about the speed of spread of the smallpox virus (Monkeypox) compared to other pathogenic viruses. A study of comparative data in several countries found that the monkey pox virus is not more contagious than other viruses. especially the covid-19 virus The subspecies of the omikron that are currently spreading. The 2022 monkeypox virus with an R0 value of 1-2 means that a person infected with the monkeypox virus can infect only one or two other people. It is not difficult to control the outbreak of smallpox.
The message states that How quickly does the monkey pox virus spread compared to other viruses? The human smallpox virus (smallpox) has an R0 of approximately 0.9 (0.5-1.3). The monkeypox virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1966-1984 calculated by the World Health Organization (WHO) has an R0 of approximately 2.13 (1.5-2.7). The ape epidemic in Europe, England, America in 2022 has an average R0 value of approximately 1.29, while omikron subspecies BA.4/BA.5 has an R0 value greater than 18. The monkey pox virus has an R0 value much lower than that of coronavirus-19.
Mean of the probability of one infection How many people can infect (microorganism or virus)? This value is called the Reproductive number: R0 or R naught (pronounced R North), under the condition that the sample to be calculated for the R0 value should be a person who has never been vaccinated against this microorganism. before
However, if in the sample that collected the data Has been vaccinated, there is still a way to calculate the R0 value, where R0 will have a higher value.
In the case of the monkey pox virus, Professor Tom Wenselers, professor of evolutionary biology University of Leuven, Belgium has calculated that
The human smallpox virus (smallpox) during 2011-2012 has an R0 value of approximately 0.9 (0.5-1.3).
2. The monkey pox virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during 1966-1984 has an R0 value of approximately 2.13 (1.5-2.7) calculated by the World Health Organization.
3. Monkeypox virus 2022, currently prevalent in many countries, the R0 is 1.2-1.3.
A research team working with the World Health Organization has calculated the R0 values for the 2022 monkey pox virus that has spread worldwide. found with different values The United States has the highest R0 value (subspecies A.2), while Portugal has the lowest R0 values (B.1 subspecies).
1.USA R0 is 1.55
2. France R0 has a value of 1.36
3. Germany R0 has a value of 1.20.
4.Spanish R0 has a value of 1.18.
5.England R0 has a value of 1.13.
6. Portugal R0 is 1.02
Monkey pox virus 2022 mean R0 value 1.29
A case of monkeypox virus 2022 with an R0 value of approximately 1-2 means that a person infected with monkeypox virus can infect only one or two other people. It is not difficult to control the outbreak of smallpox.
for the R0 value of the COVID-19 virus. The subspecies omikron was calculated by Prof. Adrian Esterman, Head of Biostatistics at the University of South Australia. and is a former epidemiologist at the World Health Organization found that
Omikron BA.1 has R0 equal to 8.2 Omikron BA.2 has R0 equals 12.
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