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Date 09.08.2022
Monkey pox found in children in Germany for the first time
The Robert Koch Institute recently registered the first cases of monkeypox among young people in Germany. Now the first infection in a toddler is known.
The affected child lives in a household with two infected adults, as the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reports in its management report. It is a four-year-old girl from Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg, according to an RKI database. Only last week did the RKI become aware of the first infections among young people aged 15 and 17.
The girl got infected from a “close contact” in the household, the Ministry of Health in Stuttgart announced. It has not developed any symptoms of illness so far. After the case became known in the household, it was examined by the health department as a precautionary measure and monkeypox was diagnosed with a throat swab. Outside of the household, the girl has no close contacts.
Almost only men infected
Around two and a half months after the first monkeypox detection in Germany, a total of 2916 cases were reported to the RKI by Monday. In almost all cases it is men. Only seven infected are female. "According to current knowledge, close contact is required for transmission of the pathogen," it said. The virus was primarily transmitted through sexual activity. "As far as is known, most of those affected do not become seriously ill," writes the institute.
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https://www.dw.com/de/erstmals-affenpocken-bei-kind-in-deutschland-festgestellt/a-62754529
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Baden-Wuerttemberg
Four-year-old girl infected with monkeypox in Pforzheim
Almost all cases of monkeypox in Germany affect adult men. Authorities are now reporting for the first time that a child has been infected.
09.08.2022, 2.50 p.m
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reports for the first time on a monkeypox infection in a child. According to the RKI situation report, the four-year-old girl lives in a household with two infected adults in Pforzheim. Only last week did the RKI become aware of the first infections among young people aged 15 and 17.
According to the Ministry of Health in Baden-Württemberg, the girl has no symptoms of illness. As a precaution, the child was medically examined after a case became known in the household. A throat swab was then diagnosed with monkeypox. There are no other close contacts outside of the household.
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...iziert-a-c58817d5-d23f-45d2-902a-8880a2d42420
Date 09.08.2022
Monkey pox found in children in Germany for the first time
The Robert Koch Institute recently registered the first cases of monkeypox among young people in Germany. Now the first infection in a toddler is known.
The affected child lives in a household with two infected adults, as the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reports in its management report. It is a four-year-old girl from Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg, according to an RKI database. Only last week did the RKI become aware of the first infections among young people aged 15 and 17.
The girl got infected from a “close contact” in the household, the Ministry of Health in Stuttgart announced. It has not developed any symptoms of illness so far. After the case became known in the household, it was examined by the health department as a precautionary measure and monkeypox was diagnosed with a throat swab. Outside of the household, the girl has no close contacts.
Almost only men infected
Around two and a half months after the first monkeypox detection in Germany, a total of 2916 cases were reported to the RKI by Monday. In almost all cases it is men. Only seven infected are female. "According to current knowledge, close contact is required for transmission of the pathogen," it said. The virus was primarily transmitted through sexual activity. "As far as is known, most of those affected do not become seriously ill," writes the institute.
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https://www.dw.com/de/erstmals-affenpocken-bei-kind-in-deutschland-festgestellt/a-62754529
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Baden-Wuerttemberg
Four-year-old girl infected with monkeypox in Pforzheim
Almost all cases of monkeypox in Germany affect adult men. Authorities are now reporting for the first time that a child has been infected.
09.08.2022, 2.50 p.m
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reports for the first time on a monkeypox infection in a child. According to the RKI situation report, the four-year-old girl lives in a household with two infected adults in Pforzheim. Only last week did the RKI become aware of the first infections among young people aged 15 and 17.
According to the Ministry of Health in Baden-Württemberg, the girl has no symptoms of illness. As a precaution, the child was medically examined after a case became known in the household. A throat swab was then diagnosed with monkeypox. There are no other close contacts outside of the household.
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...iziert-a-c58817d5-d23f-45d2-902a-8880a2d42420