Tag: monkeypox virus
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Monkeypox infection. Is there a vaccine?
In May 2022, the monkeypox virus began to spread worldwide, which usually does not go beyond endemic countries. How is this disease transmitted, the symptoms, and is there a vaccine against it? Where was the monkeypox virus found? In Europe, the first human infection with monkeypox was detected in the UK on 7 May.…
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Monkey pox: what is known about the prospects of a new pandemic
More than a hundred cases have already been registered on the planet, suspiciously resembling monkeypox — a relative of natural smallpox. Until 2022, patients with monkeypox were infected mainly by animals, and among people, it quickly faded, poorly transmitted by airborne droplets. But this May, the situation could change. A dozen countries on different continents…