Monkeypox is a viral disease that can spread from person to person through close contact with an infected person, including through hugs, kisses, massages or sexual intercourse, according to experts.
Monkeypox is zoonotic -- an infectious disease that has jumped from animals to humans -- followed by human-to-human spread with an average mortality of 3 to 6 per cent, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
According to the study, all the retrieved MPXV sequences from India covering 90 to 99 per cent of the genome belong to the A.2 lineage of clade IIb.
More than 50,000 monkeypox cases have been recorded in the global outbreak.
The antiviral tecovirimat appears to be safe and effective for the treatment of monkeypox symptoms and skin lesions, finds a new study.
Four cases had non-tender firm lymphadenopathy. No secondary complications or sexually transmitted infections were recorded in these cases except for HBV in one case. All the cases were mild and had good recovery.
In total, some 41600 infections and 12 deaths have been reported to the WHO from 96 countries since the beginning of the year.
In the first such case, a 36-year-old man in Italy has simultaneously tested positive for monkeypox, Covid-19 and HIV, media reports said.
New York had the most cases, with 2,910, followed by California with 2,663 and Florida with 1,588, according to CDC data.
Earlier a monkeypox outbreak in the US was linked to prairie pet dogs, but no human to animal transmission was reported.
The manufacturers would develop the vaccine through public-private partnership, but no company has been awarded the tender yet
The United States has declared monkeypox a public health emergency. The declaration, which is initially effective for 90 days but can be renewed, came as nationwide cases topped 6,600 on Thursday.
The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday issued a set of dos and don'ts to prevent the spread of the Monkeypox infection as cases in India surged to eight, with one patient each being detected in Delhi and Kerala.
The health agency said that of the confirmed cases as of Wednesday, 423 cases are from Ontario, 373 from Quebec, 78 from British Columbia, 13 from Alberta, two from Saskatchewan and one from the Yukon, Xinhua news agency reported.
It has also shown to spread through close contact of mucosa or non-intact skin with infectious material, or large respiratory droplets during prolonged face-to-face contact.
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