Even though cases of monkeypox are on the rise globally, with Argentina joining the list of countries, scientists and health experts have suggested that the early signs of monkeypox virus symptoms were ignored and resulted in its unprecedented rise. There was an outbreak.
mostly monkeypox Cases are being reported from endemic countries like Europe and America.
Read below to learn how an outbreak of monkeypox may have been the result of ignorance.
Monkeypox virus warnings ignored
Chikwe Ihekweju, former director of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, said state news that Nigeria sought global help in 2017 for the unprecedented outbreak of monkeypox virus. According to the WHO, the outbreak continues to this day with 558 suspected cases detected in the country.
“From September 2017 to April 30, 2022, a total of 558 suspected cases have been reported from 32 states of the country. Of these, 241 cases were confirmed, and eight of these deaths were recorded,” WHO says.
The outbreak in Nigeria is similar to those seen in other countries. Infectious cases began out of the blue in many parts of the country and spread from person to person, a transmission pattern unusual for the virus.
Scientists started gene sequencing
Scientists globally are starting to uncover clues about the origins of the current outbreak. gene sequencing, By sequencing a skin lesion sample from a patient in Portugal, researchers from the National Institute of Health Douter Ricardo Jorge in Lisbon said that the most recent strain of circulating virus probably belongs to the West African clade.
Additionally, the researchers determined that the virus is most closely related to cases spreading from Nigeria to the UK, Israel and Singapore in 2018 and 2019. The World Health Organization has said that there is no evidence that the virus has mutated.
The draft genome was published online last week and provides useful information, but questions about the virus’s true origin and spread remain unanswered.
Roche develops PCR test to track monkeypox
Roche announced Wednesday that it has developed three virus kits in response to developing Monkeypox worry,
The three kits offer unique approaches to tracking the virus. One kit detects orthopox virus, which includes all monkeypox viruses from both West African and Central African groups, while the other kit is more specific, detects only monkeypox virus. A third kit provides a combination of both tests, detects orthopoxvirus and provides information on whether monkeypox virus is present.
The tests rely on quantitative PCR technology and are currently available for research use in most countries around the world.
monkeypox vs covid-19
Experts are saying that the monkeypox virus does not pose the same threat as Kovid-19.
Richard Hatchett, head of the Coalition for Pandemic Preparedness Innovations, told CNBC While the epidemic and spread of monkeypox is related, it is a very different disease from COVID-19. That is, the disease does not spread through respiratory transmission in the same way as COVID-19.
However, even though the disease is unlikely to become a worldwide pandemic, experts warn and caution citizens to take steps to protect themselves from getting infected.