Sweden Reports First Case Of Monkeypox

[Mary Wilson]

May 19, 2022

By AFP

STOCKHOLM: One person in Sweden has been diagnosed with monkeypox, health authorities said Thursday following similar cases in Europe and North America.

The rare disease usually manifests itself through fever, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills, exhaustion and a rash on the hands and face.

... "One person in the Stockholm region has been confirmed to be infected with monkey pox," Sweden's Public Health Agency said in a statement.

The infected person "is not seriously ill, but has been given care," according to the agency.

"We still don't know where the person was infected. An investigation is currently underway," Klara Sonden, an infectious disease doctor and investigator at the agency, said in a statement.

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[Mary Wilson]

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A case of smallpox reported in Sweden

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PUBLISHED 19 MAY 2022
A person in the Stockholm region has been confirmed infected with smallpox. The disease is very rare, but in the spring about ten cases have been reported from Europe. The Swedish Public Health Agency is now investigating together with the regional infection control units if there are more cases in Sweden.

Monkey pox, monkeypox, is a very rare disease caused by infection with monkey pox virus. The most common route of transmission is from animals to humans, but monkey smallpox can in rare cases be transmitted by close contact between humans. The disease occurs in western and central Africa. From other countries in the world, few cases have been reported in the past, most often after travel to these areas.

Several cases in Europe
During the spring, an unusual number of cases of smallpox have been found in Europe. According to the European Infection Control Agency (ECDC), virus transmission appears to have taken place through sexual contact between men who have sex with men in the case of cases in the UK. The infection is not considered highly contagious, but close contact is required for it to be transmitted. Sexual contact is a risk.

Monkeypox cases reported in UK and Portugal (www.ecdc.europa.eu)

- The person in Sweden who has been confirmed to be infected with the virus is not seriously ill, but has received care. We do not yet know where the person became infected. Investigation is ongoing right now, says infection doctor and investigator Klara Sondén at the Swedish Public Health Agency.

Unusual disease
The Swedish case has been reported to the World Health Organization WHO and the European Infection Control Agency ECDC. The most common disease symptoms in monkey pox are fever, swollen lymph nodes, general malaise and rash with blisters. In European cases, the skin problems have often been reported to be localized to the genitals, groin and the skin around the anal opening.

- This is a very unusual disease. The Swedish Public Health Agency is now investigating together with the regional infection control units if there are more cases in Sweden, says Klara Sondén.

In order to be able to gain access to the Infection Control Act's tools and infection control measures such as infection tracing and rules of conduct, the Swedish Public Health Agency will now request the government that smallpox be classified as a generally dangerous disease. The purpose of the measures is to contain the disease and prevent further spread.

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