#Mpox Virus Thailand

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Mpox Virus Thailand: अफ्रीका से निकल कर थाईलैंड पहुंचा मंकीपॉक्स, जानें भारत के लिए कितना बड़ा खतरा

Monkeypox Virus Infection: हाल ही में दुनिया के अलग-अलग देशों में मिले मंकीपॉक्स के मामलों ने कई देशों की सरकारों और वर्ल्ड हेल्थ ऑर्गेनाइजेशन की चिंता बढ़ा दी है. WHO मंकीपॉक्स के खतरों को देखते हुए ग्लोबल हेल्थ इमरजेंसी भी घोषित कर चुका है. इस बीच थाईलैंड ने गुरुवार (22 अगस्त) को एशिया में एमपॉक्स के नए और घातक स्ट्रेन के मामले की पुष्टि की, जो एक मरीज था और अफ्रीका से आया था. अफ्रीका में…

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It has been over 50 years since the first cases of mpox, the disease formerly known as monkeypox, were discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mpox is related to smallpox, and causes symptoms similar to but milder than its once-feared relative, which was eradicated in 1980. For decades, mpox outbreaks were self-limiting, resulting in a few hundred, perhaps a few thousand cases in regions that are endemic for the disease in West and Central Africa. However, in 2022, a global outbreak led to close to 100,000 cases worldwide, transmitted primarily among men who have sex with men, and through sexual contact. This was a departure for the virus, which until then was known to be largely transmitted from small mammals to humans in forested locales, with limited human-to-human spread by close physical contact. A disease ignored by much of the world until then shot up the charts in the attention of public health officials everywhere, gaining notoriety among politicians and the general public, particularly the LGBTQ community. A vaccine for smallpox made by a small company in Denmark, Bavarian Nordic, was deployed rapidly in the United States and in other rich countries affected by the outbreak. Within a few months, shifts in behavior by gay men, and perhaps a little help from the vaccine, brought the outbreak under control, though cases erupt from time to time still in the United States and elsewhere. But in September 2023, less than six months after the World Health Organization called the acute phase of that outbreak over, a new outbreak was starting in DRC. And it continued throughout the rest of the year into 2024, with now close to 20,000 cases reported and close to 1,000 deaths—all likely to be grossly underreported due to the weak health infrastructure in DRC and surrounding countries. The global outbreak in 2022–23, by contrast, caused only about 200 deaths, with the clade—or strain of virus—responsible for this new outbreak historically being thought of as more lethal than the 2022 variant. As of mid-August, two cases of this new strain have been reported globally, one in Sweden and another in Thailand. The relative rapidity with which the international community responded to the 2022–23 outbreak stands in stark contrast to what has happened now with a severe outbreak roiling through Africa. It’s hard not to think that this has everything to do with who has been hit hardest; white people in high-income countries in 2022, black people in low-income countries in 2024. But in addition to the continuing colonial and racist forces at work in global health, it’s also important to realize that whether it’s Covid, H5N1, or mpox, there isn’t a lot of appetite for confronting public health problems until they are impossible to ignore—whether at home or abroad.

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Waspada Mpox, Virus Baru yang Lebih Mematikan Mulai Menyebar di Asia

INGATLAH.COM – Sebuah jenis baru virus mpox yang lebih mematikan, yang pertama kali dilaporkan di Republik Demokratik Kongo pada September 2023, kini mulai menyebar ke negara-negara di Asia Tenggara. Thailand, Filipina, dan Malaysia telah melaporkan kasus infeksi tersebut. Mpox, yang dikenal juga sebagai cacar monyet, telah dikategorikan sebagai PHEIC (Public Health Emergency of International…

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This month, the World Health Organization declared mpox a global health emergency.

More than 17,000 people in Africa have been infected with mpox, where the virus is spreading quickly, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mpox has also been discovered in Sweden and Thailand. The fast-evolving situation has led to anxiety and confusion about who is most at risk of infection, and how the virus spreads.

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More infectious mpox variant detected in Thailand as new strain reaches third continent

SBS News Published 23 August 2024 7:38amUpdated 23 August 2024 9:58am A man detected as having a case of mpox in Thailand has the clade 1b strain of the virus, health authorities say. The case is a 66-year-old man from a European country who arrived in Thailand last week from an unspecified African country where the disease was spreading. Read more…

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Thailand Confirms Its First Case of New, Deadlier Mpox Version

The Clade Ib version of the virus had not been detected outside Africa until last week, when a case in Sweden raised concerns about a wider outbreak. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/world/asia/thailand-mpox.html

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Thailand Reports Mpox Case in Traveler Who Arrived From Africa

Officials are testing if the patient has the new version of the virus. If confirmed, it would be Thailand’s first case involving Clade Ib mpox. source https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/world/asia/thailand-mpox.html