Nigeria Hits A Record of 141 Monkey Pox Cases – NCDC

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 141 suspected cases of monkeypox have been detected in the country, up from 110 previously.

On Friday, the NCDC announced it on its verified website.

According to yanstv, one area that scientists look at while investigating the transmission of infectious disease is the pathogen’s genetic sequences.

However, there is a snag with the monkeypox virus, which is currently generating an unusual outbreak of several hundred illnesses in 30 countries where it is not normally found.

DNA viruses, especially those with large genomes, such as poxviruses (the family that includes monkeypox), accumulate mutations far more slowly than RNA viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2, which produces Covid-19.

As a result, studying the genomes may yield less information on how the virus spreads from person to person. There are fewer opportunities for the virus’ DNA to reveal transmission chains.

However, as scientists from around the world share sequences from the current outbreak, the genomes have revealed an unexpected finding: “There are way more mutations than expected.”

So many alterations in such a short period of time could be concerning if it meant the virus was evolving to spread more quickly among humans.

Scientists, on the other hand, have a different theory (which they say needs to be investigated further) regarding what these mutations reveal about the illnesses and, in turn, what this can reveal about the pandemic.

According to the NCDC, there were 141 suspected cases and 36 confirmed cases from fifteen (15) states between January 1 and June 12, 2022.

Lagos (7), Adamawa (5), Delta (3), River (3), Cross River (2), FCT (2), Kano (2), Bayelsa (2), Edo (2), Imo (2), Plateau (2), Nasarawa (1), Niger (1), Oyo (1) and Ondo (1), according to the report.

“One death was recorded in a 40-year-old man with co-morbidity that was receiving immunosuppressive drugs.

“Overall and from September 2017 to 12th June 2022, a total of 653 suspected cases were reported from 33 states in the country.

“Of the reported cases, 262 (40.1%) have been confirmed in 23 states – Rivers (55), Bayelsa (45), Lagos (37), Delta (32), Cross River (16), Edo (12), Imo (10), Akwa Ibom (7), Oyo (7), FCT (8), Plateau (5), Adamawa (5), Enugu (4), Abia (3), Nasarawa (3), Benue (2), Anambra (2), Ekiti (2), Kano (2), Niger (2), Ebonyi (1), Ogun (1) and Ondo (1).

“In addition, from September 2017 to June 12th, 2022, a total of nine (9) deaths have been recorded (CFR= 3.4%) in six states – Lagos (3), Edo (2), Imo (1), Cross River (1), FCT (1) and Rivers (1),” NCDC statement reads.

Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States has offered sexual advice to monkeypox patients.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a list of safe sexual activities for sexually active patients to follow. ‘Masturbate together at a distance of at least 6 feet,’ for example, or ‘consider covering regions where rash or sores are present when having sex,’ according to the guidelines.

The prodrome of classic monkeypox sickness, according to theGazetteNGR, includes fever, lymphadenopathy, headache, and muscle aches, followed by the formation of a distinctive rash that culminates in firm, deep-seated, well-circumscribed, and sometimes umbilicated lesions.

The rash typically begins on the face or in the mouth, progressing through multiple synchronized stages on each affected location before concentrating on the face and extremities, including lesions on the palms and soles.

According to the WHO, the current danger of monkeypox to human health and the general population is modest, but the public health risk could rise if the virus takes advantage of the opportunity to establish itself as a widespread human infection in non-endemic nations.

It said the worldwide risk is moderate because this is the first time so many monkeypox cases and clusters have been recorded simultaneously in non-endemic and endemic nations.

According to the WHO, the majority of reported cases have come through sexual health or other health services, and have mostly involved men who have intercourse with men.

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