Monkeypox: Franca, SP, confirms the first case of the disease

Monkeypox: Franca, SP, confirms the first case of the disease | Ribeirao Preto and France

The municipal health service of Franca (SP) confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the city this Friday (12).

According to local authorities, the disease was diagnosed during a test carried out by the Instituto Adolfo Lutz on material collected from a 28-year-old man who had recently travelled, who was visited by the emergency room “Doctor Álvaro Azzuz”. .

The secretariat indicated that the patient is undergoing medical treatment and has been ordered to remain in isolation, along with close people.

This Friday also the GGD of Bebedouro (SP) confirmed the first case of monkey pox.

The patient is 28 years old and doing well and, according to the town hall, is in isolation at home, under the supervision of specialists in the field of infectious diseases.

Outre Franca et Bebedouro, Ribeirão Preto, Sertãozinho et Batatais avaient déjà confirmé des cas dans la région.

Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis, i.e. initially transmitted from animals to humans, and before the current epidemic, it was mainly found in central and western Africa, especially in areas near forests, because the hosts are rodents and monkeys.

With a historic death rate of 6%, the virus responsible for the disease, monkeypox, belongs to the same family as human smallpox, which was eradicated in 1980 and was much more deadly.

Monkeypox is currently being treated as a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) and, despite its name, it does not originate from monkeys, as it was only first identified in these animals.

Transmission can occur through contact with an infected animal or human. The main symptoms are: