Monkey_Pox

Monkey Pox MONKEY POX EPIDEMIC Something that has been common in our news broadcasts over the years, is a rare viral disease known as "monkeypox". This disease was founded commonly in Central and Western Africa. Squirrels and primates are the carriers or transporters of this virus which is commonly related to the smallpox virus. In February of 1996 and October of 1997, there were 511 cases of monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was the largest outbreak ever which caused a great amount of fear that the virus had mutated in which made the disease more infectious. Then, in the late 1997 it was proven that the outbreak was not from mutation, but from human behavior. Monkeypox is transmitted through an animal bite or by its blood and bodily fluids. The symptoms are similar to other pox diseases so therefore a doctor's diagnosis is recommended. Some of the symptoms that people see are things such as a fever, diarrhea, swollen lymph nodes sore throat, mouth sores, bodywide rash, pus-filled blisters and in some cases a shortness of breath. These symptoms are at their peak during the third to seventh day. Although, monkeypox, if treated, is not fatal and can be cases, monkeypox, disease, states, been, virus, united, reported, symptoms, outbreak, infected, although, africa, western, treated, transported, time, smallpox, said, recommended, primates, prairie, pox, people, first, fatal, ever, dogs, commonly, caused, carriers, 1997, years, within, wisconsin, week