Dr Rajiv Desai
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Monkeypox (Tinypox)
Monkeypox (Tinypox): _ _ Section-1 Prologue: On May 7, 2022 the world was alerted to a confirmed case of monkeypox in the United Kingdom. Cases have since cropped up across the globe, from Germany and Spain, to the U.S. and Canada. The global monkeypox outbreak, the largest in history, is highly unusual because the virus is circulating widely in countries where it is not normally found. Historically, monkeypox has circulated in remote parts of West and Central Africa. In that context, people normally caught the virus from animals. There was little spread between people. Monkeypox is now spreading widely between people, mostly through close contact during sex among gay and bisexual men. _ Monkeypox is an illness caused by monkeypox virus, which belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae family; other members of Orthopoxvirus genus include variola virus (which causes smallpox), vaccinia virus (used in smallpox vaccines), cowpox virus, […]
