With the first cases of monkeypox detected in New York City and Miami, Florida, Dominican health authorities have issued an epidemiological alert. The preventive alert was circulated on 19 May 2022. No monkeypox cases have yet been reported in the Dominican Republic. A PCR can be used to detect the disease.
The Ministry of Public Health indicated that the incubation period for monkeypox virus is usually 6 to 13 days, but can vary from 5 to 21 days. The disease is usually self-limiting and symptoms usually resolve spontaneously within 14 to 21 days. Symptoms can be mild or severe and lesions can be very itchy and painful.
The Ministry of Public Health explains that infection occurs through direct contact with the blood, body fluids or skin or mucosal lesions of infected animals. Human infections were said to have resulted from handling infected monkeys in Africa. Today, rodents...
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