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Virologist Boghuma Kabisen Titanji suggests that countries like India, which haven't detected cases yet, should maintain a 'high index of suspicion'.

Something in the name, monkeypox, which has grabbed public attention, having said that it is the biggest outbreak that has happened outside africa affecting around a dozen countries that we have seen in 50 years. the symptoms, it can take up to three weeks to appear, which is why the self—isolation period is recommended for close contacts. the key symptom is a rash that then goes through this life cycle of blisters which contain the virus and it can be confused with chickenpox and they are oft...

Jha said that compared with covid monkeypox is not as contagious. we know this virus, we know how it spreads. you really need direct contact with someone, like direct contact with large respiratory droplets, bodily fluids, and the disease causes lesions on the skin, so direct contact with lesions. really some of these cases that have been identified most recently, officials have looked at the cases associated with possible sexual activity so thats another example of how you really need direct co...

The lesions on the skin there. again, this is something that does not spread as easily among people. the cases we have seen recently, you do need direct contact, direct contact with large respiratory droplets, with bodily fluids or the lesions on the skin if one develops into a wound. you need that level of direct contact for this to spread. some of the cases that have been reported, health officials think that it might be associated -- they might be associated with sexual activity. theres one p...

Thats concerning health officials. whats the best guess as to why this is happening right now? >> well, thanks for having me. mo a monkey pox usually starts into animals and jumps into a human and a person who is infected can spread to others by contact with the lesions, droplets, close contact with clothing or bedding contaminated so what has likely happened here and these are what reports are suggesting. there have been some gatherings in europe, somebody with monkeypox infected went to a gath...

Transmission as far as we know. people get flu-like symptoms and spots all over their body like chickenpox, smallpox. you dont need to mask up again because you are afraid of monkey pox. these are heavy respiratory droplets. you wont see the asymptomatic spread. it is a very very different mode of transmission. >> the book is "panic attack". were going to push this as much as possible during this segment, at least four plugs. amazon, barnes & noble. you got it. when we come back, elon musk twitt...

Covid. its something passed generally from close contact from one person to another. as we understand the virus and i say that because of course as weve learned from sars covid 2, things can change and im telling you now based on the data and the research done in west africa, central africa and the few cases that have happened in the united states that it generally close contact. so respiratory droplets, contact with people who have monkeypox, the lesions are very contagious, the fluid in the le...

Humans? yes, it was first identified in humans in _ humans? yes, it was first identified in humans in 1970 _ humans? yes, it was first identified in humans in 1970 in _ humans? yes, it was first identified in humans in 1970 in the _ humans? yes, it was first identified in humans in 1970 in the congo, - humans? yes, it was first identified | in humans in 1970 in the congo, and since there have been many cases in sub—saharan africa, and the strain in central africa, the more serious one, and the...

Sometimes you can get ulcers, the sort you might see in syphilis. it sort you might see in syphilis. [it is not sort you might see in syphilis. it is not syphilis, i hasten to add but it can look like that, so painless ulcers but they may be itchy and then finally they form a scab and they form off —— fall off and scab over as with chickenpox or shingles. people tend to get better within the course of a few weeks and there are two different varieties of monkeypox, more severe one than the on...

Heres dr sarahjarvis to explain. this is transmitted by large respiratory droplets. if you remember at the beginning of the pandemic we were saying face coverings will not make a lot of difference because you need to be face—to—face with someone for quite some time and those droplets are big they dont spread very far away. because these droplets need to be fairly large you have to be face—to—face or close contact with somebody for quite some time or it can be spread by contaminated cloth...