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Central African Republic: Monkeypox threatens Ouaka and Haute-Kotto regions
BY RJDH MARCH 13, 2018 NEWS, HUMANITARIAN-HEALTH, HEALTH
BANGUI, March 13, 2018 (RJDH) - Monkeypox or monkey pox is becoming a public health threat in the Central African Republic. Two cases are confirmed at Ippy in Ouaka by the Pasteur Institute of Bangui.
For the third consecutive year, cases of infection with the monkeypox virus have just been confirmed during the first trimester of the current year in southeastern CAR by the Pasteur Institute of Bangui (IPB) in a context in which the country is exposed to several public health problems.
"The Pasteur Institute of Bangui has confirmed two cases of infection with the Monkeypox virus on blood samples and sent by the WHO focal point, Dr. Ars?ne Dominique Konzelo, in the sub-prefecture of Ippy. in Ouaka in the South-East of the Central African Republic, "says IPB.
For the Pasteur Institute in Bangui, the first case, a 29-year-old fisherman living in Djama Ngoundji village, presented rashes all over his body. All he knows is that he was in contact with fish infected with Aphanomy cesinvadans that had ulcerations on the body, unrelated to the monkeypox infection.
The second case, according to the Institut Pasteur in Bangui, is a 50-year-old woman living in Kopia village, on the site of the displaced, who also presented rashes all over her body, with the exception of the palm of the hands.
This reference laboratory indicates that investigations are underway to try to understand the source of the contamination.
Humanitarian sources have learned that another case of Monkeypox virus was discovered at a displaced people's site in Bria near Ippy last week. All three cases are still under medical supervision at the Bria hospital.
The "Monkeypox" virus is a highly contagious disease characterized by large skin rashes. This disease was detected for the first time in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is the fifth time she appears in the Central African Republic. The first time was in Mbomou in 2001, the second time in Haute Kotto in 2014, in 2016, and in 2017 and this time in 2018 in Ouaka and Haute-Kotto.
Central African Republic: Monkeypox threatens Ouaka and Haute-Kotto regions
BY RJDH MARCH 13, 2018 NEWS, HUMANITARIAN-HEALTH, HEALTH
BANGUI, March 13, 2018 (RJDH) - Monkeypox or monkey pox is becoming a public health threat in the Central African Republic. Two cases are confirmed at Ippy in Ouaka by the Pasteur Institute of Bangui.
For the third consecutive year, cases of infection with the monkeypox virus have just been confirmed during the first trimester of the current year in southeastern CAR by the Pasteur Institute of Bangui (IPB) in a context in which the country is exposed to several public health problems.
"The Pasteur Institute of Bangui has confirmed two cases of infection with the Monkeypox virus on blood samples and sent by the WHO focal point, Dr. Ars?ne Dominique Konzelo, in the sub-prefecture of Ippy. in Ouaka in the South-East of the Central African Republic, "says IPB.
For the Pasteur Institute in Bangui, the first case, a 29-year-old fisherman living in Djama Ngoundji village, presented rashes all over his body. All he knows is that he was in contact with fish infected with Aphanomy cesinvadans that had ulcerations on the body, unrelated to the monkeypox infection.
The second case, according to the Institut Pasteur in Bangui, is a 50-year-old woman living in Kopia village, on the site of the displaced, who also presented rashes all over her body, with the exception of the palm of the hands.
This reference laboratory indicates that investigations are underway to try to understand the source of the contamination.
Humanitarian sources have learned that another case of Monkeypox virus was discovered at a displaced people's site in Bria near Ippy last week. All three cases are still under medical supervision at the Bria hospital.
The "Monkeypox" virus is a highly contagious disease characterized by large skin rashes. This disease was detected for the first time in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is the fifth time she appears in the Central African Republic. The first time was in Mbomou in 2001, the second time in Haute Kotto in 2014, in 2016, and in 2017 and this time in 2018 in Ouaka and Haute-Kotto.
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