Ampox has been declared a global emergency by WHO. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report states that unlike COVID-19, the ampox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) does not spread easily through the air. Ampox, which is caused by the monkeypox virus (a zoonotic virus belonging to the Orthopoxvirus genus), can spread from person to person primarily through close skin-to-skin contact.
Ampox is not airborne
Amid the global outbreak of monkeypox, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that unlike COVID-19, the monkeypox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) does not spread easily through the air. Monkeypox, which is caused by the monkeypox virus (a zoonotic virus belonging to the Orthopoxvirus genus), can spread from person to person primarily through close skin-to-skin contact.
However, WHO researchers say more research is needed on how ampox spreads during outbreaks under different circumstances. The main symptom of ampox is a skin rash that turns into pus-filled sores, which can last two to four weeks. Symptoms include fever, headache, body aches, sore throat and cough, and lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes). People with ampox are considered contagious until all their sores have crusted over, the scabs fall off and a new layer of skin forms underneath, and all sores on the eyes and body (mouth, throat, eyes, vagina and anus) have healed. The skin rash can vary depending on the type of ampox.
Are coronavirus and monkeypox different from each other?
Just as precautions were being advised to be taken to avoid coronavirus, in the same way, many guidelines have been issued by the government to avoid monkeypox. People may get confused as both the diseases are similar but for your information, let us tell you that both are different viruses.
1. There is a difference between monkeypox and corona virus
The viruses of both the diseases are very different from each other. corona virus While SARS-COV-2 causes monkeypox, the virus that causes it is an orthopoxvirus of the Poxviridae family. Variola Virus also belongs to this family, which causes smallpox. SARS-COV-2 is a completely new virus that started spreading in the last years of 2019. Whereas monkeypox has been present among us for decades. Its cases keep appearing sometimes more or less.
Symptoms of Corona vs Monkeypox
Initially, the symptoms of monkeypox and corona may appear similar. But let us tell you that both of them are quite different from each other.
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Symptoms of Monkeypox:
High fever, rashes on the skin, starting from the face and spreading to the hands, appearing on the palms and soles.
Swollen lymph nodes and lumps in the body
Headaches, muscle aches, and fatigue
Sore throat and frequent cough
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