Monkeypox Research Paper

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Monkeypox
Monkeypox a virus that is almost exactly like smallpox, but not as deadly and it mostly affects children. The monkeypox virus is a hantavirus, a hantavirus is a virus carried by many animals but mainly various rodent species. These infected animals and rodents could infect humans if humans come in contact with saliva, urine, feces, by a bite from that infected animal or by the respiratory route from the contaminated specimens. This virus originated from Africa first seen in monkeys in 1958. The first case in humans was in the Democratic Republic of congo in 1970 during a period of effort to eliminate smallpox.
There are many signs and symptoms of this virus, during the invasion period 1-5 days the person will have a fever, an intense headache, back pain, cough, shortness of breath and nausea. Within 10 days of having the monkeypox virus a person will begin forming lesions that will turn into vesicles on his or her face and trunk of their body, that eventually spreads all over the body, these vesicles usually crust over. Also during the first 10 days the lymph nodes enlarge. These symptoms will begin to clear up after 14-21 days. Over all the monkeypox virus will last anywhere between 2-4 weeks depending on person to person.
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Ways to tell that an animal or your pet has the monkeypox virus you can watch them for symptoms that include fever, cough, discharge from the eyes, may appear very tired and may not be eating or

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