What is monkeypox? What are the transmission routes? You need to understand the contagiousness of these knowledge | Central Health Emergency Center | Pathways
Recently, cases of monkeypox virus infection were detected during surveillance in Beijing and Guangzhou. On the 15th, the National Health Commission and the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention invited experts to conduct scientific popularization on the prevention and treatment of monkeypox.
Ordinary people have limited exposure to monkeypox virus, so there's no need to worry too much
Monkeypox is a zoonotic viral disease caused by monkeypox virus infection, which was mainly prevalent in West and Central Africa in the past. Since May last year, multiple countries in Europe and America have reported monkeypox outbreaks, marking the first human to human transmission in non epidemic areas. On July 23, last year, the World Health Organization announced that the monkeypox epidemic constituted an "international public health emergency", reaching its peak in August last year. The epidemic gradually decreased and had reached a lower level by the end of December last year. On May 11 this year, the World Health Organization announced that the monkeypox epidemic no longer constituted an "international public health emergency". However, the recent trend of increasing cases in Asian countries has also had a certain impact on China.
Shi Guoqing, Deputy Director Researcher at the Health Emergency Center of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention: According to a report from the World Health Organization, contact with animals in this endemic area of Africa can lead to infections and their associated populations. As ordinary people, opportunities for contact are rare, so we don't have to worry too much, let alone panic.
The relevant person in charge of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention introduced that in order to detect patients early, China has established a multi-channel monkeypox monitoring and early warning system.
Shi Guoqing, Deputy Director Researcher of the Health Emergency Center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention: One is to do a good job in the monitoring of entry personnel, and the second is to ask the national medical institutions for dermatology and venereal disease clinics and AIDS counseling and testing clinics in medical institutions. If monkeypox like patients are found, they should ask about their epidemic history in a timely manner, and collect samples and send them to relevant laboratories for testing.
How to avoid getting infected with monkeypox virus in daily life?
What are the transmission routes of monkeypox? How to avoid getting infected with monkeypox virus in daily life?
Experts explain that monkeypox virus invades the human body through mucous membranes and damaged skin. In the past, people mainly became infected through contact with the exudate, blood, and other bodily fluids of infected animals, or by being bitten or scratched by infected animals. In the past year, the proportion of transmission between people through close contact has been continuously increasing, and it can also be transmitted through long and close distance droplets.
Li Dong, Chief Physician of the Infectious Diseases Department at Beijing You'an Hospital, once said that the patient's herpes fluid, respiratory secretions, blood, and other bodily fluids are infectious. If they come into contact with our damaged skin or mucous membrane area, they may be infected. So it is also possible that it is respiratory infection, and when a person comes into close contact with an infected person for a long time, it may also be transmitted through the respiratory tract. Another issue is the spread of items, which are contaminated by the patient's herpes fluid and may also be contagious in a short period of time.
Researcher Lv Fan, Deputy Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention's AIDS Prevention Center: For symptoms such as headache, fever, rash, and some herpes, if you notice that the other person has such symptoms, try to avoid close contact as much as possible and reduce the risk of infection. Another situation is that people with a history of exposure may have had contact with the case, so such people need to strengthen their own health monitoring. So once you notice the symptoms and signs we just mentioned, such as fever, headache, rash, herpes, etc., you should seek medical attention and be tested in a timely manner.