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I-Monkeypox

Imonkeypox ilapha eColorado. Ukunakekela wena nempilo yakho kuyinto eza kuqala kithi, futhi sifuna ukukugcina unolwazi.

Iyini I-Monkeypox?

Imonkeypox yisifo esingavamile esibangelwa ukutheleleka ngegciwane lemonkeypox. Igciwane lemonkeypox liyingxenye yomndeni ofanayo wamagciwane njenge-variola virus, igciwane elibangela ingxibongo. Izimpawu zemonkeypox ziyefana nezimpawu zengxibongo, kodwa zithambile, futhi inkawu ayivamisile ukubulala. I-monkeypox ayihlobene nenkukhu.

Imonkeypox yatholakala ngo-1958 lapho ukuqubuka okubili kwesifo esifana ne-pox kwenzeka emakoloni ezinkawu ezigcinelwe ucwaningo. Yize ibizwa ngokuthi “inkawu,” umsuka walesi sifo awukaziwa. Kodwa-ke, amagundane ase-Afrika kanye nezinkawu ezingezona abantu (njengezinkawu) zingase zibe naleli gciwane futhi zithelele abantu.

Icala lokuqala lemonkeypox lomuntu laqoshwa ngo-1970. Ngaphambi kokugqashuka kuka-2022, inkawu yayike yabikwa kubantu emazweni amaningana asenkabeni nasentshonalanga ye-Afrika. Phambilini, cishe zonke izehlakalo zemonkeypox kubantu abangaphandle kwe-Afrika zazixhunyaniswa nokuhambela amazwe ngamazwe lapho isifo sivame ukuvela khona noma ngezilwane ezivela kwamanye amazwe. Lezi zimo zenzeke emazwenikazi amaningi. [1]

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