Monkeypox natural history
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Bassel Almarie M.D.[2]
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. Historically, the case fatality ratio of monkeypox ranged from 0 to 11 % in the general population. More recently, the case fatality ratio was estimated at 3 to 6%. In the 2003 outbreak in the US, no deaths were reported.
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.