In the country there are 326 confirmed cases of monkeypox Until September 20, this number represents 23% more than in the last recorded week, where the cases were 265.
Of the 326 confirmed cases of monkey pox, 232 were in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), while 76 are from citizens of different Buenos Aires municipalities. Eight cases of this smallpox they correspond to Córdoba, three to Santa Fe, two to Río Negro, one to Mendoza, one to Corrientes, one to Neuquén and one to Salta.
Despite the fact that the Ministry of Health reports that almost all cases of monkey pox correspond to people legally registered as male and only one female, they also emphasize with crucial importance that: “it can affect anyone who comes into contact with a person sick with monkeypox, mainly if they have direct physical contact such as sexual contact, or with contaminated materials.
What is monkeypox treated with?
Until now, there is no specific approved treatment for monkeypox. Patients are usually treated with smallpox antivirals such as tecovirimat and brincidofovir. The contagion occurs through contact between people and animals with lesions or rashes that occur on the skin of the infected.
In addition, the epidemiological bulletin indicated that the average age of confirmed cases is 34 years, with a minimum of 18 years and a maximum of 61 years. Of these, 85% had no travel history prior to the symptoms, so 50 patients did travel prior to the onset of symptoms.
The vast majority of current cases would present Clade II or West African Clade, which has a mortality rate of one in 100, the milder of the two types of disease. monkey pox.
