Сase of rare disease confirmed in EnglandThere’s no cure for the Africa-linked infection, which can cause severe disease in some people, British medics say
A rare case of monkeypox has been confirmed in England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced on Saturday.
The agency emphasized that monkeypox is a rare viral infection that doesn’t spread easily between people. For most, it is a mild disease that disappears within a few weeks but some can develop severe illness.
The patient who has been diagnosed with monkeypox had recently arrived in the UK from Nigeria, and is being treated at the infectious disease isolation unit of Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital in Central London.
“As a precautionary measure, UKHSA experts are working closely with NHS colleagues and will be contacting people who might have been in close contact with the individual to provide information and health advice,” the UKHSA said.
The agency considers the overall risk to the general public “very low.”
Monkeypox is similar to human smallpox, which was eradicated in 1980, and can be confused with chickenpox. Its initial symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion. A rash often begins on the face and then spreads to other parts of the body.
According to the UK National Health Service (NHS), monkeypox can be caught from infected wild animals in parts of West and Central Africa.
“It’s thought to be spread by rodents, such as rats, mice and squirrels,” the NHS says.
Only a few people have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the UK and all of them traveled to West Africa or were close contacts of someone who had traveled there.
A 2003 monkeypox outbreak in the United States was traced to a pet store where small mammals from Ghana were sold.
Although monkeypox is generally milder than smallpox, the death rate among infected people in Africa can be as high as 10%, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
There is currently no cure for the virus, although the smallpox vaccine is believed to prevent infection, according to the NHS and CDC.
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一部の人々に重篤な病気を引き起こす可能性のあるアフリカ関連感染症の治療法はありません、と英国の医療関係者は言います
サル痘のまれな症例が英国で確認された、英国健康安全保障局(UKHSA)は土曜日に発表しました。
代理店は、サル痘は人の間で簡単に広がることのないまれなウイルス感染症であることを強調しました。ほとんどの場合、それは数週間以内に消える軽度の病気ですが、いくつかは重度の病気を発症する可能性があります。
サル痘と診断された患者は、最近ナイジェリアから英国に到着し、ロンドン中心部にあるガイズ病院とセントトーマス病院の感染症隔離ユニットで治療を受けています。
「予防措置として、UKHSAの専門家はNHSの同僚と緊密に協力しており、個人と密接に接触していた可能性のある人々に連絡を取り、情報と健康に関するアドバイスを提供する予定です」とUKHSAは述べています。
当局は、一般大衆に対する全体的なリスクを「非常に低い」と考えています。
サル痘は、1980年に根絶された人間の天然痘に似ており、水痘と混同される可能性があります。その初期症状には、発熱、頭痛、筋肉痛、腰痛、リンパ節の腫れ、悪寒、倦怠感などがあります。発疹はしばしば顔から始まり、その後体の他の部分に広がります。
英国国民保健サービス(NHS)によると、サル痘は西アフリカと中央アフリカの一部で感染した野生動物から捕獲される可能性があります。
「それは、ラット、マウス、リスなどの齧歯動物によって広がると考えられています」とNHSは言います。
英国でサル痘と診断された人はごくわずかであり、全員が西アフリカに旅行したか、西アフリカに旅行したことのある人と密接な関係がありました。
2003年に米国で発生したサル痘は、ガーナの小型哺乳類が販売されていたペットショップにまでさかのぼりました。
米国疾病予防管理センター(CDC)によると、サル痘は一般的に天然痘よりも軽度ですが、アフリカの感染者の死亡率は10%にもなる可能性があります。
NHSとCDCによると、天然痘ワクチンは感染を防ぐと考えられていますが、現在ウイルスの治療法はありません。
Rare disease spreads in EuropePreviously detected in the UK and Portugal, monkeypox has reportedly infected gay men in Madrid
Health authorities in Spain have issued an alert over a potential outbreak of monkeypox – a rare and incurable viral infection – in Madrid. The alert follows similar outbreaks in the UK and Portugal, and all of the Spanish patients are gay men.
Spain’s Ministry of Health sent an alert to regional health authorities on Tuesday, after health officials in Madrid recorded eight suspected cases of monkeypox. Samples have been sent to Spain’s National Center for Microbiology for a definitive diagnosis.
“Generally speaking, monkeypox is spread by respiratory transmission, but the characteristics of the eight suspected cases point towards fluid contact,” a spokesperson for Madrid’s regional health department told the Guardian. “The eight suspected cases in Madrid are among men who have sex with men. They are doing well but this illness can require hospital treatment.”
Monkeypox is similar to human smallpox, which was eradicated in 1980, and can be confused with chickenpox. Its initial symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills, and exhaustion. A rash often begins on the face and then spreads to other parts of the body.
There is no cure for monkeypox, although most patients experience mild symptoms and recover within a few weeks.
スペインの保健当局は、マドリードで希少かつ不治のウイルス感染症であるサル痘が発生した可能性があるとして、注意喚起を行いました。この警報は、イギリスとポルトガルで発生した同様の感染症に続くもので、スペインの患者はすべて同性愛者の男性である。
スペイン保健省は火曜日、マドリードの保健当局がサル痘の疑いのある患者8人を記録した後、地域の保健当局に警告を発した。サンプルはスペインの国立微生物学センターに送られ、確定診断が行われている。
「一般的に、サル痘は呼吸器感染によって広がるが、8人の疑い例の特徴から、体液による接触が考えられる」と、マドリッドの地域保健局の広報担当者はガーディアン紙に語った。「マドリッドで疑われる8人の患者は、男性とセックスをする男性の間です。彼らは元気ですが、この病気は病院での治療が必要な場合があります。"
サル痘は、1980年に根絶されたヒトの天然痘と類似しており、水痘と混同されることがある。初期症状は、発熱、頭痛、筋肉痛、背部痛、リンパ節の腫れ、悪寒、疲労感などです。発疹はしばしば顔から始まり、その後、体の他の部分に広がります。
ほとんどの患者は症状が軽く、数週間で回復しますが、猿痘を治す方法はありません。
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US confirms first case of rare diseaseA Massachusetts man who traveled to Canada has tested positive for monkeypox
A Massachusetts man has been diagnosed with monkeypox after traveling to Canada, the US Centers for Disease Control and Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed on Wednesday.
While the agencies are working with his healthcare providers and local health boards to identify anyone who had contact with him, they insist his case poses no risk to the public, and he is reportedly hospitalized and in good condition.
The case is the first to surface in the US this year and comes on the heels of an alert by the Spanish authorities of a potential outbreak of the virus among 23 people in Madrid. While typically spread by respiratory transmission, a spokesperson for Madrid’s regional health department said the local outbreak was driven by “fluid contact,” noting that eight of the suspected cases were found in gay men.
Around 20 suspected cases of monkeypox also surfaced among young Portuguese men in and around Lisbon this week, and a number of similar cases have been confirmed in the UK. Of the seven UK cases confirmed as of Monday, four of the most recent were in gay or bisexual men, and the first involved a person who had recently been to Nigeria, where the infection was likely contracted.
Fresh cases of rare monkeypox locatedCases of the ‘very unusual’ disease have been confirmed in Italy and Sweden
The US and European countries including Spain, Portugal, the UK, Italy, and Sweden confirmed cases of monkeypox, a rare African disease, this Thursday.
Doctors at Spallanzani hospital in Rome said they had diagnosed one person with monkeypox after his return from a trip to the Canary Islands. Two more cases are suspected, but not confirmed, according to reports by Reuters and the Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica.
Meanwhile, Sweden has confirmed a case of monkeypox in the Stockholm region, according to a Swedish Public Health Agency press statement.
“The person in Sweden who has been confirmed to be infected with the virus is not seriously ill, but has received care,” Swedish health official Klara Sonden said in the statement. “We do not yet know where the person became infected,” she said, adding that the investigation is ongoing to determine the extent of the “very unusual” disease.
Swedish health officials say they reported the case to the World Health Organization (WHO) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Symptoms of the disease include lesions, fever, headaches, muscle aches, backaches, swollen lymph nodes, chills, and exhaustion. Skin problems due to monkeypox are “often reported as localized to the genitals, groin and the skin around the anal opening,” the Public Health Agency of Sweden said on Wednesday.
The ECDC notes the “unusually high frequency of human-to-human transmission” observed in recently confirmed and suspected cases reported in Spain, Portugal, and the UK. It says “the likelihood of further spread of the virus through close contact, for example during sexual activities, is considered to be high,” and that “intimate contact during sex with infectious skin lesions seems the likely mode of transmission.” The likelihood of transmission in the absence of close contact is considered to be low.