1. He aha ka monkeypox?

He maʻi lele zoonotic ka Monkeypox i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka maʻi monkeypox. ʻO ka manawa hoʻoulu ʻia he 5 a 21 mau lā, ʻo ia hoʻi he 6 a 13 mau lā. Aia ʻelua mau ʻano genetic like ʻole o ka maʻi monkeypox - ʻo ka ʻāpana Central African (Congo Basin) a me ka ʻāpana West African.

ʻO nā hōʻailona mua o ka maʻi monkeypox i loko o ke kanaka e komo pū ana me ke kuni, ka ʻeha poʻo, ka myalgia, a me nā lymph node pehu, me ka luhi nui. Hiki ke hele mai kahi ʻulaʻula pustular systemic, e alakaʻi ana i ka maʻi lua.

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

ʻO ke ʻano nui o ka maʻi monkeypox, ʻo ia hoʻi ka "clad II strain," ua hoʻoulu i nā maʻi ahulau nui a puni ka honua. I nā hihia i hala iho nei, ke piʻi nei hoʻi ka nui o nā "clad I strains" ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi a me ka make.

Ua ʻōlelo ka WHO ua puka mai kahi ʻano maʻi monkeypox hou, ʻoi aku ka make a ʻoi aku ka laha, ʻo "Clade Ib", ma ka Democratic Republic of the Congo i ka makahiki i hala a ua laha koke aku, a ua laha aku i Burundi, Kenya a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. ʻAʻohe hihia o ka monkeypox i hōʻike ʻia. i nā ʻāina e pili kokoke ana, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kumu nui no ka hoʻolaha ʻana ua lilo hou ka maʻi ahulau monkeypox i hanana PHEIC.

ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi o kēia maʻi ahulau, ʻo ia ka poʻe wahine a me nā keiki ma lalo o 15 mau makahiki ka mea i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia.