What disease is monkeypox?

Monkeypox is a viral disease of human and animals. Monkeypox virus can be transmitted from animals to people through close contact. Although it is not easy to spread from person to person, it may be infected through close contact with infected people.

1958 Monkeypox virus was first discovered in monkeys, so it was named monkeypox, but now rodents are also considered as possible main animal hosts.

1970, the first case of human monkeypox was found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, there have been many outbreaks of monkeypox in West African countries.

Mode of transmission of monkeypox virus

The main mode of transmission of monkeypox virus is through direct contact with blood, body fluids, skin or mucosal wounds of infected animals.

The secondary transmission between people is mainly due to close contact with respiratory secretions of infected people, skin damage or articles (such as clothes, sheets, etc.) contaminated by patients' body fluids or diseased tissues. ).

Monkeypox virus can exist in respiratory droplets, but face-to-face transmission usually takes a long time.

The above contents refer to China Youth Network-cases of monkeypox found in many countries. What is monkeypox? How to prevent it? Understand in an article