Mokenpox

He maʻi kakaʻikahi ka Monkeypox i ka maʻi me ka maʻi monkeypox. ʻO ka maʻi ʻo Monkeypox kekahi ʻāpana o ka ʻohana o nā maʻi maʻi like me ka maʻi variola, ka maʻi maʻi e hoʻoulu ai i ka maʻi maʻi liʻiliʻi. Ua like nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi ʻino me nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi puupuu liʻiliʻi, akā ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi, a ʻaʻole hiki ke make ka maʻi monkey. ʻAʻole pili ʻo Monkeypox i ka moa.

Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Monkeypox i ka makahiki 1958 i ka wā i loaʻa ai ʻelua maʻi maʻi like me ka maʻi pox i loko o nā kolo o nā monkey i mālama ʻia no ka noiʻi. ʻOiai ua kapa ʻia ʻo "monkeypox," ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ke kumu o ka maʻi. Eia nō naʻe, hiki i nā ʻiole ʻApelika a me nā primates ʻaʻole kanaka (e like me nā monkey) ke hoʻopaʻa i ka maʻi maʻi a hoʻopaʻa i nā kānaka.

Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka maʻi monkeypox mua o ke kanaka i ka makahiki 1970. Ma mua o ka puka ʻana mai o 2022, ua hōʻike ʻia ka monkeypox i nā poʻe ma kekahi mau ʻāina waena a me ke komohana o ʻApelika. Ma mua, aneane pau nā hihia monkeypox i nā poʻe ma waho o ʻApelika i pili i ka huakaʻi honua i nā ʻāina i loaʻa pinepine ai ka maʻi a i ʻole ma o nā holoholona i lawe ʻia mai. Ua loaʻa kēia mau hihia ma nā ʻāina he nui. [1]

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/about/index.html