1. Iyini i-monkeypox?

I-Monkeypox yisifo esithathelwanayo esibangelwa ukutheleleka yigciwane le-monkeypox. Isikhathi sokufukamela siyizinsuku ezi-5 kuya kwezingama-21, ngokuvamile izinsuku ezi-6 kuya kwezingu-13. Kunezinhlobo ezimbili ezihlukene zegciwane le-monkeypox - i-Central African (Congo Basin) clade kanye ne-West African clade.

Izimpawu zokuqala zokutheleleka ngegciwane le-monkeypox kubantu zifaka phakathi umkhuhlane, ikhanda elibuhlungu, i-myalgia, kanye nama-lymph node avuvukele, kanye nokukhathala okukhulu. Kungase kube nokuqhuma kwesikhumba okubangelwa yizimpukane, okuholela ekuthelelekeni kwesibili.

2. Uyini umehluko we-Monkeypox kulokhu?

Uhlobo oluvelele lwegciwane le-monkeypox, "uhlobo lwe-clade II," lubangele ukuqubuka okukhulu emhlabeni jikelele. Ezimweni zamuva nje, inani lezinhlobo ze-"clade I" ezimbi kakhulu nezibulalayo nalo liyakhula.

I-WHO ithe uhlobo olusha, olubulalayo noluthathelwanayo lwegciwane le-monkeypox, i-“Clade Ib”, lwavela eDemocratic Republic of the Congo ngonyaka odlule futhi lwasakazeka ngokushesha, futhi selusakazekele eBurundi, eKenya nakwamanye amazwe. Azikho izimo ze-monkeypox ezike zabikwa. Lokhu kungenye yezizathu eziyinhloko zokumemezela ukuthi ubhubhane lwe-monkeypox luphinde lwaba yisenzakalo se-PHEIC.

Isici esiphawulekayo salolu bhubhane ukuthi abesifazane nezingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka eyi-15 ubudala yibona abathinteka kakhulu.