The Ministry of Health confirms three cases of local transmission of monkeypox in SP | Sao Paulo

Cases are still under investigation to search for transmission links.

Patients, with a stable clinical condition, are isolated without complications and are being monitored by state and municipal health departments.

So far, Brazil has recorded 14 confirmed cases of monkeypox, including ten cases Sao Paulo, two in Rio Grande do Sul and two in Rio de Janeiro. Eleven are imported, have travel history to Europe, and three are original.

“The Ministry of Health, through the operating room and the National AIDS Control Center, continues to communicate directly with the state Sao Paulo For status monitoring and contact tracing. The folder is advised to immediately notify suspicious cases,” it notes.

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The Who is the He said monkeypox poses a “moderate risk” to global public health after cases have been reported in countries where the disease is not endemic.

“Public health risks could become high if this virus establishes itself as a human pathogen and spreads to groups at higher risk of serious disease, such as young children and people with weakened immunity,” the statement said. Who is the.

The organization says that there is no recommendation to use the smallpox vaccine in cases of monkeypox disease.

The initial symptoms of monkeypox are usually fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, swollen glands (lymph nodes), chills, and fatigue.

After the incubation period [tempo entre a infecção e o início dos sintomas]the individual begins with an indeterminate appearance, with Symptoms we see in other virusesFever, malaise, fatigue, loss of appetite, prostration,” explains Gillian Trindade, virologist and researcher in the Department of Microbiology at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).

Within one to three days (sometimes longer) after the fever appears, the patient develops a rash that usually begins on the face and spreads to other parts of the body.

What is the indicative difference: the development of lesions – lesions in the oral cavity and on the skin. They first appear on the face and spread to the trunk, chest, palms, and soles of the feet.‘, adds Trindade, who is an advisor to the group I created Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations To monitor monkeypox cases.