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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activates the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to help “supplement” the ongoing response of current institutions. Outbreak of monkeypoxAccording to a recent press release.
“This action will set up a CDC command center to monitor and coordinate emergency response to monkeypox and mobilize additional CDC personnel and resources,” the agency said.
“CDC activation of the EOC allows agencies to further increase operational support for responding to the evolving challenges that arise.”
The EOC has more than 300 CDC staff working with regional, national, and international response partners on public health concerns.
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According to early CDC data, monkeypox cases are predominant in gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus belonging to the genus Ortopoxvirus, which also includes a virus that causes smallpox called smallpox virus.
However, monkeypox has nothing to do with chickenpox.
The disease is endemic in Africa, but since May 2022, monkeypox cases have been confirmed in about 25 states in the United States in close contact with people returning from overseas travel. ..
Prior to the 2022 outbreak, almost all cases of monkeypox in people living outside Africa were associated with travel abroad to countries where the disease was endemic or through imported animals carrying the virus. , This case is rare.
As of June 27, there are currently 244 cases of monkeypox in the United States and 4357 cases of monkeypox in 48 locations worldwide.
“In the United States, evidence of human-to-human disease transmission in multiple states and reports of clinical cases with some featureless features indicate that some cases have not been recognized and tested. There are concerns, “the agency said.
Although the CDC is tracking cases, it currently poses a low threat to the general population and, according to authorities, cannot easily spread among people without close contact.
The CDC expanded the definition of monkeypox cases on June 1, defining “suspicious cases” as those with a characteristic rash or those who meet one of the epidemiological criteria and are highly suspected of having the disease. it was done.
A “confirmed case” is defined as the presence of monkeypox virus DNA by one of two specific testing techniques, or the isolation of the virus in culture from a clinical specimen.
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Authorities also referred to possible cases by one of several experimental techniques, including detectable antibody levels after the onset of rash, without recent orthopoxvirus exposure (such as smallpox vaccination). It is defined as a person who indicates the presence of a virus.
The CDC recommended the evaluation of monkeypox to healthcare providers who came across patients with a monkeypox-like rash or a varicella-zoster, syphilis-like rash.
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According to a press release, “Last week, the CDC shipped orthopox virus testing to five commercial laboratories, including the country’s largest reference laboratory, to expedite the ability to test monkeypox and access to all communities. I started to do it. ”
“This development will facilitate the enhancement of testing, leverage the established relationships between clinics, hospitals and commercial laboratories, and support the ability to better understand the current extent of monkeypox outbreaks.”