Hong Kong found the first case of monkey acne input!How to prevent monkey acne?

On September 6, 2022, Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Division of the Infectious Division of the Hong Kong Health Protection Center, said at a press conference that a 30 -year -old man began to have rashes on August 30, and then spread to other parts of the body. Some swelling, symptoms of sore throat on the 5th. After taking a plane from the Philippines to the quarantine hotel, I felt a problem during the quarantine hotel, so I was sent to the emergency room for medical treatment. On the morning of the 6th, in his rash seepage, monkey acne virus nucleic acid was detected, so diagnosis was confirmed. The patient has not entered the community, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will improve the level of monkey acne alert.

Since May 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) has received reports from monkey acne cases from different countries (especially European and North American countries). On July 23, the Director -General Tan Dezai announced that the epidemic of monkey acne outbreaks of many countries constitutes "the international concern public health incident", which is the highest -level alert issued by WHO for global emergencies.

As of now, no monkey acne reports have been seen in my country, but the input risks have always existed. What is monkey acne? How to prevent monkey acne? Do I need to vaccinate the vaccine?

What is the monkey acne and how to infect it?

Monkey acne is a disease caused by monkey acne virus. The incubation period is 5-21 days, mostly 6-13 days. Symptoms include fever, severe headache, muscle pain, and lymphadenopathy during the infection. About 1 to 3 days after fever, ulcers will appear in the mouth, and rash will appear in other parts of the body. Symptoms generally last 14 to 21 days, and patients usually cure themselves. In the past, the patient's disease mortality rate was between 1-10 %.

Monkey acne virus invades the human body through mucosa and damaged skin. It can be infected with the infection of the respiratory tract secretions, lesions, blood, other body fluids, or being infected by the infected animals. People are mainly transmitted through close contact, and can also be transmitted through droplets during long -term contact, and items that contact virus pollution may also be infected. In 2022, in the epidemic in non -influenza in Europe and the United States, most cases were found in the same sexual behavior before the onset of onset, which may be mainly related to close contact in sexual activities.

Some patients with acne may have complications, including secondary bacterial infections, bronchial pneumonia, encephalitis, corneal infections, and purulent disease. Severe cases are common in young children and low immune functions. On August 29, Texas, the United States, announced the first case of monkey acne death, which was low in the case of severe immune function. The clinical symptoms of patients with acne patients found in non -local epidemic regions outside Africa were generally mild and unprecedented. The rash was mainly distributed in genitals and its surrounding parts, with a small number. Monkey acne is usually self -limiting and does not require special treatment. One of the drugs currently used for the treatment of severe acne cases is TECOVIRIMAT, which is a antiviral drug that is used to treat smallpox. In 2022, the European Medical Association (EMA) was used for monkey acne The permission has not been widely used yet.

Evaluation of the World Health Organization

Monkey acne is a kind of viral human and animal disease. Monkey acne virus can be transmitted by animals through close contact. Although interpersonal transmission is not easy to occur, close contact with the infected person may also be infected.

WHO said that the virus is spreading in many countries that have not reported monkey acne before. Among them, the number of cases reported by countries in Europe and the Americas, and most of the cases are male and male actors, but also include a few and confirmed cases. Children in contact with disease. In addition, the number of cases in West Africa and China Africa, which had occurred in the past, also increased significantly, most of them women and children.

The WHO assessment believes that the risk of monkey acne epidemic is high in Europe. The risks in Africa, the Americas, East Mediterranean, and Southeast Asia are medium, and they are low to medium in the Western Pacific region.

From January 1, 2022 to September 1, 2022, WHO received a total of 51,163 cases in 102 countries/regions diagnosed, including 17 cases of death. The 10 countries/regions in the world's most acne cases include the United States (18303), Spain (6543), Brazil (4876), France (3558), Germany (3480), the United Kingdom (3413), Peru (1496), Canada (Canada (Canada) (Canada 1228), the Netherlands (1166) and Portugal (846). Cases of these countries account for 87.8%of global report cases.

How to prevent monkey acne?

1. Recently returned to China and the person who is about to return to China

Do a good job of self -health monitoring within 21 days of entry. If there are any contact history and exposure history of suspicious animals and personnel or acne cases abroad, especially with homogeneous behaviors, you should take the initiative to contact local medical and disease -control institutions for consultation and reporting; if fever, rash, etc. occur, etc. Symptoms should seek medical treatment early and take the initiative to inform the history of the doctor to live overseas to assist the diagnosis and treatment. In addition to paying attention to the above matters, those who are about to return to China need to cooperate with the customs to actively report when applying for the application of immigration.

2. Personnel who are traveling or living in countries in the epidemic

Pay attention to the information of the monkey acne epidemic in the country. Avoid contact with rodents and long animals (including the blood and meat of animals), you must be cooked thoroughly before consumption. If you must contact the patients with acne, avoid close contact with the body, avoid sexual behavior with those suspected infected, avoid common daily necessities (such as bedding, clothing, etc.). Latex gloves, medical protective masks, disposable isolation clothes, etc.). Pay attention to hand hygiene, use soap, hand -wash, etc. to wash your hands under the flowing water in time. 3. Recently planned to go abroad

Pay close attention to the epidemic of monkey acne in a place, and understand the relevant knowledge of monkey acne prevention and treatment as soon as possible. Personal hand hygiene, once symptoms such as rash and other symptoms occur in time.

4. General residents

There are no cases of monkey acne in my country, and monkey acne virus has not been found during wildlife or entry quarantine. Ordinary residents have no risk of infection. If a monkey acne input case is found, there is a certain risk of infection among their contacts. Residents do not have to be too nervous, maintain good hygiene habits, and try to avoid contact with wild animals.

Do ordinary citizens need to vaccinate monkey acne vaccines?

Rosmond Lewis, the person in charge of WHO Monkey, said on July 26, 2022 that WHO does not require large -scale monkey acne vaccination. vaccine.

Source: Guangdong Disease Control WeChat public account Guangzhou Daily · Xinhuacheng Editor: Li Huiting

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