Central African Republic - Monkeypox virus confirmed in the prefecture of Mbomou

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Virus "Monkeypox": the epidemic confirmed in the Mbomou

By Journaldebangui.com source RJDH - 01/18/2016

It is the Minister of Public Health has certified that the Thursday, January 14, 2016, during a press conference. A virus epidemic "Monkeypox" plaguing the region

It is since a few days that informations relating to the presence of the disease in Mbomou circulate. Two deaths were deplored and several patients quarantined. This is now a reality because the Ministry of Health has certified. Ms. Margueritte Mali?vo Samba said that after tests and investigations made by her department, the disease is confirmed in the Mbomou. The government official gave details on disease patterns of contamination, saying "there are two modes of transmission of this disease. The first mode is that of the transmission of live or dead animals, contaminated to human. The second mode is sick or deceased person to another healthy person in close contact with body fluids including blood, urine, vomit, sweat, semen or by handling objects contaminated by secretions " .

The health ministry says have control of the situation, however, calls for vigilance "I call all the Central African population in general and that of the Prefecture of Mbomou especially for calm and strict respect for preventive measures that were to wash hands regularly, avoid any manipulation with sick or dead animals and secretions of infected person and objects "launched the Health Minister.

The virus "Monkeypox" is a highly contagious disease characterized by a rash of big sizes which sometimes could contain.

The disease was detected for the first time in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is the third time it appears in the CAR. The first time was in the Mbomou in 2001, the second in the Haute Kotto in 2014

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RCA: monkeypox outbreak in the east

Nine hospitalizations, we deplore two deaths.

01.19.2016 8:19

In Central Africa, an outbreak of monkey pox, or Monkey Pox Virus, has expressed Bakouma in the east.

It all started with two children aged 5 and 9 years of a hunter family. In total, nine patients were hospitalized and two of them died.

For now, health authorities have taken preventive measures to protect the population. This is the fourth outbreak of monkeypox in the Central African Republic since 2001.

Dr. Emmanuel Nakoun?-Yandoko, the Pasteur Institute of Bangui, joined by Felix Y?passis-Zembrou
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http://www.voaafrique.com/content/rc...s/3152335.html

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https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thryonomys_swinderianus

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-Hunting family, consumed a rodent with scientific name Thryonomys locally called ? sibissi ?,

-9 year old boy begins skin eruptions, followed by his 5 year old brother

-Also infected are 2 humanitarians and an agent that helped carry them by boat to the hospital in Bangassou, 2 nurses at the hospital, the mother of the children and her 15 month old baby.

-2 deaths, 5 year old boy and 15 month old baby.

 

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21 Jan 2016

West and Central Africa: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (12 ? 18 January 2016)

INFOGRAPHIC from UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Published on 18 Jan 2016

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

MONKEYPOX ERUPTS IN MBOMOU

On 11 January, 11 cases of Monkeypox, an extremely contagious viral disease, were confirmed in Bangassou area in the southern Mbomou Province. Health authorities and humanitarian partners are implementing control measures that include isolation of suspected patients, public sensitization and activation of a regional taskforce on outbreaks. The first cases were diagnosed on 4 December 2015 when two children with symptoms of the disease were taken ill at a health centre.

http://reliefweb.int/report/central...a-weekly-regional-humanitarian-snapshot-12-18

 

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Bangassou: patients cured of monkeypox virus

By Journaldebangui.com source RJDH - 02/04/2016

No new cases of monkeypox virus disease are reported currently in Bangassou, three weeks after the discovery of the disease in the locality.

"All the patients we have received and which were isolated at the hospital here, are healed and have already returned to their families. So I can confirm that at this time, no cases of monkeypox virus disease is reported in Bangassou, "noted Jean-Paul Ogbia. . The doctor mentioned, however a suspected case.

John Paul Ogbia announced the arrival of a verification mission in Bakouma where the disease started, "the first two people who had presented this disease had come from Bakouma. We will organize a working mission in the coming days in this locality to check the situation in the city "he said.
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