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    Mpox (monkeypox): What is it and how can it be prevented?

    Mpox (Monkeypox): Symptoms, Picture, How It's Spread, and More
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    What is monkeypox and its signs and symptoms? | CNN

    There is an incubation period of some seven to 14 days, the CDC said.Initial symptoms are typically flu-like, such as fever, chills, exhaustion, headache and muscle weakness, followed by swelling in the lymph nodes, which help the body fight infection and disease. “A feature that distinguishes infection with monkeypox from that of smallpox is the d...

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    Close contact with an infected individual is required for the spread of the monkeypox virus, experts say. Infection can develop after exposure to “broken skin, mucous membranes, respiratory droplets, infected body fluids or even contact with contaminated linen,” Neil Mabbott, personal chair in immunopathology at the veterinary school of the Univers...

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    There are no specific drugs available to treat the symptoms of monkeypox, so “treatment is generally supportive,” Jimmy Whitworth, professor of international public health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said in a statement. “However, a vaccine is available that can be given to prevent the development of disease,” Whitworth sai...

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    Monkeypox got its name in 1958 when “two outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in colonies of monkeys kept for research,” the CDC said. However, the main disease carrier of monkeypox is still unknown, although “African rodents are suspected to play a part in transmission,” the agency said. The first known case of monkeypox in people was “recorde...

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