1.Yini inkawu?

I-Monkeypox yisifo esithathelwanayo se-zoonotic esibangelwa ukutheleleka ngegciwane lemonkeypox. Isikhathi sokufukamela siyizinsuku ezi-5 kuya kwezingu-21, ngokuvamile izinsuku ezingu-6 kuya kweziyi-13. Kunezigaba ezimbili zofuzo ezihlukene ze-monkeypox virus - i-Central African (i-Congo Basin) clade kanye ne-West Africa clade.

Izimpawu zakuqala zokutheleleka ngegciwane lemonkeypox kubantu zihlanganisa imfiva, ikhanda elibuhlungu, i-myalgia, nama-lymph nodes avuvukele, kanye nokukhathala okukhulu. I-systemic pustular rash ingase ivele, okuholela ekuthelelekeni kwesibili.

2.Yini umehluko weMonkeypox kulokhu?

Igciwane elinamandla lemonkeypox, "i-clade II strain," libangele ukuqubuka okukhulu emhlabeni jikelele. Ezimweni zakamuva, ingxenye ye-"clade I strain" enzima kakhulu futhi ebulalayo nayo iyanda.

I-WHO ithe uhlobo olusha, olubulalayo futhi oluthathelwana kakhulu lwegciwane lemonkeypox, i-"Clade Ib", lavela eDemocratic Republic of the Congo ngonyaka odlule futhi lasakazeka ngokushesha, futhi selisakazekele eBurundi, Kenya nakwamanye amazwe. Azikho izehlakalo zemonkeypox ezike zabikwa. emazweni angomakhelwane, lesi ngesinye sezizathu ezinkulu zokumemezela ukuthi ubhubhane lwenkawu seluphinde lwakha umcimbi we-PHEIC.

Isici esiphawulekayo salolu bhubhane ukuthi abesifazane nezingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-15 ubudala bathinteka kakhulu.