Marissa Pardue by https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f Monkeypox en-us 2021-07-18 19:45:51 UTC 2025-05-18 11:45:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Monkeypox virus mfpardue02 https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653851666 The monkeypox virus is a double-stranded DNA, zoonotic virus. It is a species of the genus Orthopoxvirus in the family Poxviridae.]]> 2021-07-18 20:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653851666 Symptoms of Monkeypox mfpardue02 https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653852709 The main difference between symptoms of smallpox and monkeypox is that monkeypox causes lymph nodes to swell while cmallpox does not.]]> 2021-07-18 21:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653852709 mfpardue02 https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653853597 The virus is found mainly in tropical rainforest regions of central and West Africa. The virus was first discovered in monkeys (hence the name) in 1958, and in humans in 1970.]]> 2021-07-18 21:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653853597 Prevention of Monkeypox mfpardue02 https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653854043
  • Avoid contact with animals that could harbor the virus (including animals that are sick or that have been found dead in areas where monkeypox occurs).
  • Avoid contact with any materials, such as bedding, that has been in contact with a sick animal.
  • Isolate infected patients from others who could be at risk for infection.
  • Practice good hand hygiene after contact with infected animals or humans. For example, washing your hands with soap and water or using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
  • Use personal protective equipment (PPE) when caring for patients.

    • ]]>     2021-07-18 21:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653854043     Treatment mfpardue02 https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653855329 2021-07-18 21:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653855329 How is it transmitted? mfpardue02 https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653855791
  • Monkeypox virus is mostly transmitted to people from wild animals such as rodents and primates, but human-to-human transmission also occurs.
  • Monkeypox virus is transmitted from one person to another by contact with lesions, body fluids, respiratory droplets and contaminated materials such as bedding.

    • ]]>     2021-07-18 21:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653855791     Mortality rate mfpardue02 https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653856283 Typically, up to a 10% of people in Africa who get monkeypox may die. This number is lower in the United States.]]> 2021-07-18 21:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653856283 Orthopoxvirus poxviridae mfpardue02 https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653859914 2021-07-18 21:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653859914 Monkeypox in the U.S. mfpardue02 https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653861552 On Friday, it was released that a patient in Dallas, TX was confirmed to have monkeypox. This is the first case since 2003.]]> 2021-07-18 21:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653861552 "Not a reason for alarm" mfpardue02 https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653862177 Dallas local officials stated that this new case is not a reason for alarm. The patient and immediate family are quarantined.]]> 2021-07-18 21:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mfpardue02/aivtkw18p3450m1f/wish/1653862177