Species-specific identification of variola,
monkeypox, cowpox, and vaccinia viruses by multiplex real-time PCR assay.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement today, said it was false news and insisted there was no
monkeypox infection detected in the country.
Symptoms in humans of
monkeypox -- which is endemic in parts of Central and Western Africa -- include lesions, fever, muscle ache and chills.
Fortunately, cross-immunity exists between smallpox virus (variola), cowpox (vaccinia), and
monkeypox. The latter is far milder and exhibits symptoms of headache, fever, chills, muscle aches, followed by a rash on the face followed by blisters, pustules, and scabs that eventually cover the entire body.
His partner became the third confirmed case of
monkeypox in the UK when she broke out in spots last week.
Monkeypox does not spread easily between people and most who contract the infection recover within a few weeks, although severe illness can occur in some people.
She is the first person to be infected with
monkeypox in the UK, and her 50-year-old husband has also fallen ill, it was reported.
A HEALTHCARE worker has become the third person in the UK to be struck down by
monkeypox.
A HEALTHCARE worker in Blackpool has been diagnosed with
Monkeypox - the third confirmed case of the virus in the UK.
THE third person to be diagnosed with
monkeypox in the UK is currently in isolation at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.
A third person has been diagnosed with
monkeypox in England, Public Health England have confirmed.
SMALLPOX vaccine has been given to health workers treating two victims of human
monkeypox, it has been reported.