Monkeypox was first diagnosed in 1958 in a proven in monkeys in a Danish laboratory – hence the name monkeypox. However, experts suspect that the pathogen actually circulates in squirrels and rodents.
To the symptoms include: sudden onset of fever, severe headache, back pain, sore throat, cough, and often also swollen lymph nodes. A typical smallpox rash that spreads from the face to the body is also typical.
The symptoms and possible secondary bacterial infections are treated; there is no special therapy. The West African variant of the virus, which occurs in Europe and the USA, leads in Africa at about one percent of those infected die.
Source: dpa