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What is Monkeypox, what are its symptoms and how does it spread? Read here as more European countries, - Free Press Journal

What is Monkeypox, what are its symptoms and how does it spread? Read here as more European countries, - Free Press Journal

What is Monkeypox, what are its symptoms and how does it spread? Read here as more European countries, - Free Press Journal
May 20, 2022 1 min, 3 secs

And Canada, Australia as well as France are investigating potential infections of the disease that can have a fatality rate of 10 per cent?

"Monkeypox is a rare zoonotic disease that is caused by infection with the monkeypox virus.

Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, which also includes the viruses causing smallpox and cowpox disease," said Dr Monalisa Sahu, consultant, Infectious Diseases, in Hyderabad's Yashoda Hospitals.

"Cases of monkeypox have been reported outside Africa, in the US, Europe, Singapore, UK, and these cases have been linked to international travel and import of monkeys harbouring the disease," Sahu told PTI.

"The natural reservoir of monkeypox remains unknown, although African rodents and non-human primates (like monkeys) can harbour the virus and infect people, causing the disease," said Sahu.

"In Africa, monkeypox has been shown to cause death in as many as one in 10 persons who contract the disease," Sahu said.

"While close physical contact is a well-known risk factor for transmission, it is unclear at this time if monkeypox can be transmitted specifically through sexual transmission routes," Sharma, from the Centre for Animal Disease Research And Diagnosis (CADRAD), in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, told PTI

"Considering the increased case fatality rates, and probable aerosol route of transmission, there is certain risk for India too," he said

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