Formerly known as monkeypox and closely related to smallpox, the first documented human cases of mpox occurred in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The most recent outbreak is said to have killed at least 450 people in that country and has now spread to more than a dozen additional African states. Significantly, therefore, there is increasing concern about the speed at which a new strain of the virus is spreading and its high fatality rate. With mpox cases also now confirmed in Europe and Asia, the further spread of the disease worldwide seems inevitable.
The most common ways in which mpox is spread include close contact with infected people and contact with contaminated materials such as sheets, clothes, or needles. Contracting the disease from infected animals is also possible, such as when hunting, skinning, or cooking them. Pregnant women who become infected can pass on the virus to their unborn babies. As regards preventing the disease, although there are currently no mpox-specific vaccines available, smallpox vaccines are considered to be effective. However, the efficacy of vaccines used against the virus has been shown to diminish to undetectable levels within only 6 to 12 months. This shows that vaccines alone are not the answer to fighting this disease.
To learn more about the mpox outbreak, see this article on our website.
To check out Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health recommendations for achieving a strong immune function, see this page on our website.
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The first case of the new mpox variant has been detected in Germany, the Robert Koch Institute for public health has said, adding that it viewed the risk to the wider population as low.
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Formerly known as monkeypox and closely related to smallpox, the first documented human cases of mpox occurred in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The most recent outbreak is said to have killed at least 450 people in that country and has now spread to more than a dozen additional African states. Significantly, therefore, there is increasing concern about the speed at which a new strain of the virus is spreading and its high fatality rate. With mpox cases also now confirmed in Europe and Asia, the further spread of the disease worldwide seems inevitable.
The most common ways in which mpox is spread include close contact with infected people and contact with contaminated materials such as sheets, clothes, or needles. Contracting the disease from infected animals is also possible, such as when hunting, skinning, or cooking them. Pregnant women who become infected can pass on the virus to their unborn babies. As regards preventing the disease, although there are currently no mpox-specific vaccines available, smallpox vaccines are considered to be effective. However, the efficacy of vaccines used against the virus has been shown to diminish to undetectable levels within only 6 to 12 months. This shows that vaccines alone are not the answer to fighting this disease.
To learn more about the mpox outbreak, see this article on our website.
To check out Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health recommendations for achieving a strong immune function, see this page on our website.
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