infection on as well, so really it is all about identifying cases and then taking steps to minimise contact with them when they are infectious, which will be for about a week or so, until their symptoms have subsided and then you will be ok. , ., , have subsided and then you will be ok. , ., y , as any kind of in treatment? in terms of the infection, we are dealing with the form of monkeypox that comes from west africa and this man has about a i% of severe disease rate, in other ways of the hunt 100 people who catch it about one about one in 100 will develop a disease that could be life threatening. slowly the vast majority of people will be absolutely fine. they will have milder symptoms, but they can be quite intense, you do have a fever, muscle aches and pains and you do feel unwell. in terms of management, if we identify cases of people who have been in contact promptly, then we can give them prophylaxis and that takes the form of actually a smallpox vaccine, believe it or not. a s