Doctor Thira pointed out that monkey pox infection It may take only 3 days to incubate. Suggests the Ministry of Health to watch out for the source in the country.

Today (4 Aug. 65) after Thailand found more and more cases of monkey pox infection. Recently, the third case was found in a German man who entered Thailand. By landing in Phuket on July 18, then

Most recently, Dr. Teera Woratanarat, Lecturer of the Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University private facebook post About the incubation period of monkey pox pathogen, stating that the incubation period of monkey pox precautions in the Department of Public Health’s guidelines for monkey pox as of 31 July 65 has been identified from several sources, including the United States. (CDC), Canada, and the World Health Organization. But information about the incubation period states that 7-21 days is unlikely to be accurate. because there is no such source of information.

with information from various sources Both the World Health Organization, the USA, the United Kingdom, Canada, the New England Journal of Medicine and UpToDate have found that the incubation period or the time from infection until symptoms occur have a wide range The incubation period can be as short as 3 days or as long as 21 days. This is very important information. because it will affect the disease investigation process Identifying the source of the disease whether it is from within or outside the country Including advice to let people watch out if they are exposed to the disease. As in the latest case of a foreigner reported as a third case of smallpox, if there is a short incubation period, such as three days, domestic surveillance of the source of the disease may also be required. If it slips away…it will cause problems to spread in the community. and lead to the phenomenon “Until the beans are cooked, the sesame will burn.”

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