Diseases

Monkeypox

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A rare virus disease especially of central and western africa that is caused by a poxvirus (species monkeypox virus of the genus orthopoxvirus), occurs chiefly in wild rodents and primates, and when transmitted to humans resembles smallpox but is milder.

SYMPTOMS

In humans, the symptoms of monkeypox are similar to but milder than the symptoms of smallpox. Monkeypox begins with fever, headache, muscle aches, andexhaustion. The main difference between symptoms of smallpox and monkeypox is that monkeypox causes lymph nodes to swell (lymphadenopathy) whilesmallpox does not.