I-Mokeypox yisifo esingavamile esibangelwa ukutheleleka ngegciwane le-monkeypox. I-MonkeyPox Virus ingeyokuhlobo lwe-OrthopoxVirus yePoxviridae. I-OrthopoxVirus ifaka negciwane lengxibongo (ebangela ingqikithi), i-cowpox virus (isetshenziselwe umuthi wokugomela izingcingo) ne-cowpox virus.
I-Mokeypox yaqala yatholakala ngo-1958, lapho kuqubuka izifo ezimbili ezihlangenwe nakho ezinkampanini zikhuliswe ngocwaningo, ngakho-ke yaqanjwa ngokuthi 'monkeypox '. Ngo-1970, iDemocratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) yaqopha icala lokuqala le-monkeypox ngesikhathi sokuqedwa kwengxibongo. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, u-monkeypox ubikwe kwabantu emazweni athile aseCentral and West ase-Afrika: ICameroon, iCentral African Republic, iDemocratic Republic, iDemocratic Republic, iDemocratic Republic, iDemocratic Republic, iDemocratic Republic, i-Liberia, iRiphabhulikhi yaseCongo neSierra Leone. Izifo eziningi zenzeka eDemocratic Republic of the Congo.
Amacala e-monkeycox avela ngaphandle kwe-Afrika futhi ahlobene nokuhamba kwamanye amazwe noma izilwane ezingeniswa ezweni, kufaka phakathi amacala ase-United States, Israel, Singaporland nase-United Kingdom.
Ivelaphi? Monkey?
N o !
'Empeleni igama lingukuthi kancane, kusho uRimoin. Mhlawumbe kufanele ibizwe nge- 'rodent pox '.
Izikhungo zase-US zokulawulwa kwezifo kanye nokuvimbela iwebhusayithi yaso ukuthi igama elithi 'mokeypox ' livela ecaleni lokuqala lalesi sifo ngo-1958, lapho kuvela ukuqubuka okubili kubantu abaningi abalondolozwe ukucwaninga.
Kepha izinkawu akuzona abathwali abaphambili. Esikhundleni salokho, leli gciwane lingaphikelela kuma-squirrels, ama-kangaroo, ahamba ngezinyawo, noma amanye amagundane.
Umgcini wemvelo weMokeypox akakaziwa. Kodwa-ke, izinduku zase-Afrika nezinduna ezingezona ezenziwa ngabantu (njengezinkawu) zingathwala amagciwane futhi zitheleleke abantu.
Ngokungafani ne-Covid-19, etheleleka kakhulu, i-monkeypox imvamisa ayilula ukusakazeka phakathi kwabantu.
Lapho abantu bexhumana kakhulu, u-monkeypox usakazeka ngamaconsi amakhulu okuphefumula; Ukuxhumana ngqo nezilonda zesikhumba noma uketshezi lomzimba; Noma ngokungaqondile ngezingubo ezingcolile noma embhedeni.
Iningi labantu elitheleleke nge-monkeypox linomkhuhlane omnene njengezimpawu, njenge Umkhuhlane kanye nobuhlungu emuva, kanye nemikhosi enyamalala ngokuzenzakalelayo kungakapheli amasonto amabili kuya amane.
Ngokusho kweWorld Health Organisation, inani labantu ababulawa yi-monkeypox lisuka ku-1% liye ku-10%.
Izindlela ezahlukahlukene zingathathwa ukuvikela ukutheleleka ngegciwane le-monkeypox :
1. Gwema ukuxhumana nezilwane ezingaphatha leli gciwane (kufaka phakathi izilwane ezigulayo noma ezitholwe zishonile ezindaweni ze-mokeypox).
2. Gwema ukuxhumana nanoma yikuphi okuqukethwe okuhambisana nezilwane ezigulayo, ezinjengokombhede.
3. Hlukanisa iziguli ezithelelekile ezivela kwabanye okungenzeka ukuthi zisengozini yokutheleleka.
4. Gcina inhlanzeko enhle yesandla ngemuva kokuxhumana nezilwane ezithelelekile noma kubantu. Isibonelo, geza izandla zakho ngensipho nangamanzi noma usebenzise ama-sanitizers wesandla sotshwala.
5. Sebenzisa imishini yokuvikela umuntu lapho unakekela iziguli.
I-COMM CHAIME DILINECTALS ingabulala i-monkey virus.
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