Case of monkeypox in the Philippines

Health authorities have not yet sequenced the genome of the mpox virus that infected a Filipino man who had not traveled abroad, is the first case monitored since December last year; this refers to the global alert regarding greater surveillance on monkeypox. Recently Pakistan had confirmed at least one case of the virus even if the exact outcome of the sequencing is not known. Generally people infected with the virus have mild symptoms but in some cases for example with a weakened immune system it can also be fatal especially if it is the new clade 1 variant (are talking about four percent of cases of victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo, then the "TPOXX" antiviral doesn't appear to work with the clade 1), itchy lesions often form on the skin and even pustules with fever and malaise.

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