1. He aha ka monkeypox?

ʻO ka Monkeypox kahi maʻi lele zoonotic i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi monkeypox. ʻO ka manawa incubation ʻo 5 a 21 mau lā, maʻamau 6 a 13 mau lā. Aia ʻelua mau ʻāpana ʻokoʻa o ka monkeypox virus - ka Central African (Congo Basin) clade a me West Africa clade.

ʻO nā hōʻailona mua o ka maʻi maʻi monkeypox i loko o ke kanaka e like me ke kuni, ke poʻo, ka myalgia, a me ka pehu o nā lymph nodes, me ka luhi loa. Hiki mai ka pustular systemic, e alakaʻi ana i ka maʻi lua.

2. He aha nā ʻokoʻa o ka Monkeypox i kēia manawa?

ʻO ka maʻi nui o ka monkeypox virus, ka "clade II strain," ua hoʻoulu i nā maʻi nui a puni ka honua. I nā hihia i hala iho nei, ke piʻi aʻe nei ka nui o nā "clade I strains" ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī.

Ua ʻōlelo ka WHO, ua puka mai kahi maʻi maʻi monkeypox hou, ʻoi aku ka make a me ka hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia, ʻo "Clade Ib", i ka Democratic Republic of Congo i ka makahiki i hala a laha wikiwiki, a ua laha i Burundi, Kenya a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻia nā maʻi maʻi monkeypox. nā ʻāina e pili ana, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kumu nui o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi monkeypox i lilo hou i hanana PHEIC.

ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi o kēia maʻi maʻi ʻo ia ka nui o nā wahine a me nā keiki ma lalo o 15 mau makahiki.