Summary What is already known about this topic? In the current global monkeypox outbreak, HIV infection and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are highly prevalent among persons with monkeypox. What is added by this report? Among 1,969 persons with monkeypox in eight U.S. jurisdictions, 38% had HIV infection, and 41% had […]
With the recent outbreak of Monkeypox virus infection in nonendemic countries like the U.S., Australia, Spain, UK, etc., the world’s attention has been directed to the clinical manifestations of this disease. A new case published in JACC: Case Reports highlights “cardiac involvement as a potential complication” associated with the disease. The case […]
¿Qué es la viruela símica? Es una zoonosis viral causada por el virus de la viruela símica, que pertenece al género Orthopoxvirus, este incluye al virus variola (causante de la viruela). La viruela símica se caracteriza por erupción o lesiones cutáneas que suelen concentrarse en la cara, las palmas de las manos y […]
Lessons learned from the public health responses to the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics should help guide the response to the current outbreak of monkeypox, National Institutes of Health experts write in an editorial published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of […]
Medical experts revealed new reports regarding the tomato flu outbreak in India. Several studies and investigations proved 82 cases of tomato flu or tomato fever from the first appearance of the virus in Kerala on May 6, 2022. Just before the emergence of the fourth wave of coronavirus, researchers also […]
In this issue of the Journal, Thornhill et al. report on 528 persons with monkeypox in a cohort spanning 16 countries on five continents.1 The authors provide important demographic, epidemiologic, and clinical details on the largest reported cohort of patients in the latest emerging infectious disease outbreak of global importance. Diagnosis relied […]
En los últimos meses se han reportado casos de viruela símica en diferentes regiones del mundo en donde no solían encontrarse, incluyendo México. La aparición de casos de viruela símica en el país representa un nuevo reto para profesionales de la salud que están familiarizándose por primera vez con una infección que […]
France is boosting its vaccination campaign in response to the increase in cases of monkeypox. After a sluggish start, newly appointed French health minister François Braun has announced the release of 42,000 vaccine doses. At the same time, medical students will be able to lend a helping hand at vaccination […]
Monkeypox is a zoonotic orthopoxvirus in the same genus as variola (the causative agent of smallpox).1 A recent global outbreak has led to more than more than 39 000 cases reported as of August 18, 2022.2 Monkeypox is typically self-limited with symptoms generally lasting between 2 and 4 weeks in prior outbreaks. Hospitalization […]
Los contagios de la viruela del mono han ido creciendo a nivel mundial de una forma alarmante. Cada vez es más frecuente que en Europa y Estados Unidos se hable de que la cifra de contagios va en aumento. La preocupación que mostró la Organización Mundial de la Salud el […]
