Mpox - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年8月26日 · Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral illness caused by the monkeypox virus, a species of the genus Orthopoxvirus. It can cause a painful rash, fever, headache, muscle ache, back pain and low energy, and can be transmitted through close contact, contaminated objects, or animals.
Mpox outbreak - World Health Organization (WHO)
An upsurge of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its spread to neighbouring countries was declared a public health emergency of international concern on 14 August 2024.
Smallpox - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年6月20日 · Smallpox is an acute contagious disease caused by the variola virus, a member of the orthopoxvirus family. It was one of the most devastating diseases known to humanity and caused millions of deaths before it was eradicated.
Mpox - World Health Organization (WHO)
6 天之前 · Mpox (previously known as monkeypox) is a viral disease caused by an orthopoxvirus called monkeypox virus. It spreads mainly through close contact with someone who has mpox, causing a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever.
Mpox - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年10月16日 · Mpox is an illness caused by the monkeypox virus. It is a viral infection which can spread between people, mainly through close contact, and occasionally from the environment to people via things and surfaces that have been touched by a person with mpox.
Mpox (monkeypox) - Democratic Republic of the Congo
2023年11月23日 · The country reports the highest number of annual cases ever of mpox, caused by clade I MPXV, which is endemic in the region. Some cases are linked to sexual transmission, a new feature of the epidemic that raises concerns over the spread of the virus.
WHO Director-General declares mpox outbreak a public health …
2024年8月14日 · The Director-General of WHO has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the DRC and several neighbouring countries, including a new sexually transmissible strain, is a public health emergency of international concern. The Organization is coordinating a global response to stop the outbreaks and save lives, with temporary recommendations and emergency use …
Smallpox - World Health Organization (WHO)
2016年6月28日 · Smallpox is an ancient disease caused by the variola virus. Early symptoms include high fever and fatigue. The virus then produces a characteristic rash, particularly on the face, arms and legs.
Monkeypox EURO - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年11月5日 · It was first identified in Denmark in 1958, when an outbreak of a pox-like disease broke out in a colony of macaques being kept for research, and identified in humans in 1970. It has since circulated increasingly in human populations in endemic areas of Central and West Africa. In these areas, infection spreads between wild animal species and ...
Mpox (monkeypox) outbreak - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年9月5日 · Since early May 2022, cases of mpox (monkeypox) have been reported from countries where the disease is not endemic, and continue to be reported in several endemic countries. Most confirmed cases with travel history reported travel to countries in Europe and North America, rather than West or Central Africa where the mpox virus is endemic.