Humanity has not yet come to its senses from the Pandemia of the Coronavirus SARS-COV-2, as it became known about the spread of another infectious disease in the world-smallpox spouse, which is caused by the monkey smallpox virus, genetically close to the virus of natural smallpox. In countries where this virus is usually not found, there is an outbreak of disease, fatal cases are recorded. It is difficult to identify the first symptoms of the OSPU of the monkeys – temperature, headache, back pain, which may have a lot of other causes.
Deputy Director of the Center for Control over especially dangerous infections of the Ministry of Health of Rita Ismailova gave detailed information about the disease.
“Athletes of the monkeys is a viral zoone disease (i.e., an infection transmitted to a person from animals), the symptoms of which are similar to the clinical manifestations of natural smallpox, however, the course of the disease in the case of monkeys is usually less severe. The virus is mainly found in tropical forests Central and West Africa. It was first discovered in monkeys in 1958, so the virus received the official name “Monkey Ospa Virgin” (MonkeyPox Virus). Zonozoic transmission of the virus (from animal to humans) occurs with direct contact with blood, biological liquids or damaged leather and mucous membranes of an infected animal, ”says the doctor.
to the question of what is the difference between the smallpox of the monkeys and natural smallpox, Rita Ismailova answered as follows: “The clinical manifestations of monkeys are similar to natural smallpox – a related virus of the genus of orthopoxvirus, declared completely eliminated throughout the world in 1980. Natural smallpox differs more infectism and higher mortality – at the level of 30 percent of cases. Compared to natural Ospa of the Ospa of Monkeys, it is less contagious and usually proceeds in an easier form. The last case of rational infection in natural conditions was registered in 1977. In 1980 after the global dispensation campaign of the OSP It was completely eliminated. Vaccination of a natural vaccine against smallpox based on the cowpox virus was discontinued 40 years ago in all countries.
At the global level, new vaccines, diagnostic methods and antiviral drugs are being developed to prevent rations. Thanks to all these drugs, it can be useful for monitoring and preventing the monkey smallpox virus. “