Monkey pox virus is a disease that has occur a long ago but this is the first time in Nigeria has witness such disease according to latest reports 16 persons are infected by the disease in Baylesa and Rivers this has raise alarm to the general public about the disease and it symptoms.

Here is some vital information you need to know about the monkey pox virus.

1. Where did it originated from?
Monkey pox virus is an infectious disease, it was discover among some isolated monkey colonies in Denmark in 1958. The disease was mainly indigenous to central and west Africa. It first outbreak was in the US in 2003 where it was discover in a pet store imported Gambian poured rates were sold.

2. Monkey pox’s symptoms
The monkey pox is similar in small pox around an infected person. The symptoms will only show between 1-2 weeks before the symptoms start appearance in the inflected person’s body. Here are some of the symptoms:
· Fever
· Muscle ache
· Headache
· Back pain
· Enlarged lymph nodes

3. The monkey pox outbreak
The monkey pox outbreak begin in United states of America in May 2003, where a young boy feel ill with fever and rash after he was bitten by a dog. It was reported that 71 persons were affected by the disease in June 20 2003.

All cases were reported from the Gambian rats that were imported to the United States by a Texas exotic animal distributor from Accra, Ghana in April 2003.

4. Prevention from the disease
It is important you need to how to prevent yourself from contacted the monkey pox virus. The disease is a deadly disease that can be transfer from one person to another. Here is some prevention you need to know as follows:
· Don’t eat bush meat
· Avoid touching sick animals
· Avoid close contact with infected persons
· Wash your hands on daily basis
· Be informed about any information regard about the monkey pox virus.

SOURCE:http://www.thenaijaface.com/2017/10/what-you-need-to-know-about-monkey-pox.html

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