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Uncomplicated cases resolve within 2 to 4 weeks. | Uncomplicated cases resolve within 2 to 4 weeks. Complications may lead to death. Most reported deaths were among children, and HIV patients<ref name="pmid31285143">{{cite journal| author=Yinka-Ogunleye A, Aruna O, Dalhat M, Ogoina D, McCollum A, Disu Y | display-authors=etal| title=Outbreak of human monkeypox in Nigeria in 2017-18: a clinical and epidemiological report. | journal=Lancet Infect Dis | year= 2019 | volume= 19 | issue= 8 | pages= 872-879 | pmid=31285143 | doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30294-4 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=31285143 }} </ref><ref name="pmid31618206">{{cite journal| author=Beer EM, Rao VB| title=A systematic review of the epidemiology of human monkeypox outbreaks and implications for outbreak strategy. | journal=PLoS Negl Trop Dis | year= 2019 | volume= 13 | issue= 10 | pages= e0007791 | pmid=31618206 | doi=10.1371/journal.pntd.0007791 | pmc=6816577 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=31618206 }} </ref><ref name="pmid32052029">{{cite journal| author=Ogoina D, Iroezindu M, James HI, Oladokun R, Yinka-Ogunleye A, Wakama P | display-authors=etal| title=Clinical Course and Outcome of Human Monkeypox in Nigeria. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2020 | volume= 71 | issue= 8 | pages= e210-e214 | pmid=32052029 | doi=10.1093/cid/ciaa143 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=32052029 }} </ref>. | ||
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Overview
Monkeypox is usually a self-limited disease with the symptoms resolving within 2 to 4 weeks. Complications are rare. They include secondary bacterial infection such as pneumonia, sepsis, encephalitis, corneal inflammation of the eyes[1][2][3], and conjunctivitis[4].
Complications
The complications of monkeypox are rare. They include secondary bacterial infection such as pneumonia, sepsis, encephalitis, corneal inflammation of the eyes[1][2][3], and conjunctivitis[4].
Prognosis
Uncomplicated cases resolve within 2 to 4 weeks. Complications may lead to death. Most reported deaths were among children, and HIV patients[5][6][7].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jezek Z, Grab B, Szczeniowski M, Paluku KM, Mutombo M (1988). "Clinico-epidemiological features of monkeypox patients with an animal or human source of infection". Bull World Health Organ. 66 (4): 459–64. PMC 2491168. PMID 2844428.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Learned LA, Reynolds MG, Wassa DW, Li Y, Olson VA, Karem K; et al. (2005). "Extended interhuman transmission of monkeypox in a hospital community in the Republic of the Congo, 2003". Am J Trop Med Hyg. 73 (2): 428–34. PMID 16103616.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Huhn GD, Bauer AM, Yorita K, Graham MB, Sejvar J, Likos A; et al. (2005). "Clinical characteristics of human monkeypox, and risk factors for severe disease". Clin Infect Dis. 41 (12): 1742–51. doi:10.1086/498115. PMID 16288398.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Redirecting". Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- ↑ Yinka-Ogunleye A, Aruna O, Dalhat M, Ogoina D, McCollum A, Disu Y; et al. (2019). "Outbreak of human monkeypox in Nigeria in 2017-18: a clinical and epidemiological report". Lancet Infect Dis. 19 (8): 872–879. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30294-4. PMID 31285143.
- ↑ Beer EM, Rao VB (2019). "A systematic review of the epidemiology of human monkeypox outbreaks and implications for outbreak strategy". PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 13 (10): e0007791. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007791. PMC 6816577 Check
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