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Orientale Province: two cases of Monkeypox registered in Dungu
published 2 hours, 18 minutes | Last update October 1, 2013 at 2:34 |
Two people suffering from monkeypox have been identified in areas of health Isiro and Dungu in Orientale Province. To believe the provincial epidemiologist of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Dungu, Dr. Colin Ngobila, samples of patients have confirmed that responsible for the monkeypox virus, a viral disease that for manifestations resembling those of smallpox.
The doctor called the local population to take precautions to prevent the spread of transmissible to humans that could turn into an epidemic disease.
"For now, the doctor says, we must know that the Monkeypox is a contagious disease that we must avoid to not knowing an outbreak of this disease in our region."
Dr. Colin Ngobila invites especially those who live near forests not to touch the bodies of dead animals found along the way.
The first human case of monkeypox was reported in 1970 in a child of the DRC who had not been vaccinated against smallpox.
Monkeypox occurs with high fever (39 ? C) and a rash of blisters that occur 48 hours after the fever.
Orientale Province: two cases of Monkeypox registered in Dungu
published 2 hours, 18 minutes | Last update October 1, 2013 at 2:34 |
Two people suffering from monkeypox have been identified in areas of health Isiro and Dungu in Orientale Province. To believe the provincial epidemiologist of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Dungu, Dr. Colin Ngobila, samples of patients have confirmed that responsible for the monkeypox virus, a viral disease that for manifestations resembling those of smallpox.
The doctor called the local population to take precautions to prevent the spread of transmissible to humans that could turn into an epidemic disease.
"For now, the doctor says, we must know that the Monkeypox is a contagious disease that we must avoid to not knowing an outbreak of this disease in our region."
Dr. Colin Ngobila invites especially those who live near forests not to touch the bodies of dead animals found along the way.
The first human case of monkeypox was reported in 1970 in a child of the DRC who had not been vaccinated against smallpox.
Monkeypox occurs with high fever (39 ? C) and a rash of blisters that occur 48 hours after the fever.