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What is Monkeypox?

      Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus is part of the same family of viruses as variola virus, the virus that causes smallpox.     Monkeypox symptoms are similar to smallpox symptoms, but milder, and monkeypox is rarely fatal. Monkeypox is not related to chickenpox. Monkeypox was discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in colonies of monkeys kept for research. Despite being named “monkeypox,” the source of the disease remains unknown. However, African rodents and non-human primates (like monkeys) might harbor the virus and infect people.
     The first human case of monkeypox was recorded in 1970. Prior to the 2022 outbreak, monkeypox had been reported in people in several central and western African countries. Previously, almost all monkeypox cases in people outside of Africa  to international travel to countries where the disease commonly occurs or through imported animals. These cases occurred on multiple continents.

(Adapted from https://www.cdc.gov)  

Segundo o texto,

  • o primeiro caso de varíola do macaco em humanos ocorreu em 1958.
  • casos da varíola do macaco fora da África continuam sendo muito raros.
  • a importação de animais contaminados foi a causa do surto da varíola do macaco no Ocidente.
  • até o surto de 2022, a varíola do macaco era praticamente restrita a países da África central e ocidental.
  • a varíola do macaco disseminou-se lentamente de 1970 a 2022, até eclodir em todos os continentes.
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