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  2. What It’s Like to Respond to Mpox in Africa Right Now - AOL

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    Dr. Robert Musole, medical director of the Kavumu hospital (right), consults an infant suffering from a severe form of mpox at the Kavumu hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Aug. 24 ...

  3. Ghanaian bat henipavirus - Wikipedia

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    When these virus are spread to humans through zoonotic events they have been found to be one of the most deadly viruses with the capability to infect humans, with mortality rates between 50 and 100%. Therefore, these viruses have been classified as a biosafety level four (BSL-4) virus with regards to its pathogenesis when it infects humans. [1]

  4. 2022–2023 mpox outbreak - Wikipedia

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    South Africa: On 26 May, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) gave a communiqué on how the virus is transmitted, and the institute stated that the 2022 outbreak is the largest outbreak of mpox outside of endemic regions. In addition, the NICD affirmed that the virus mainly spreads in tropical forest areas in West and Central ...

  5. Mpox outbreak in Ghana - Wikipedia

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    The mpox outbreak in Ghana is a part of the larger outbreak of human mpox caused by the West African clade of the monkeypox virus. As opposed to its West African neighbours, Ghana had no endemic presence of mpox, only experiencing it during the 2022 outbreak. The first 5 cases of mpox in Ghana was detected on June 8, 2022. [1]

  6. Wildlife trade and zoonoses - Wikipedia

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    A number of animals, wild or domesticated, carry infectious diseases and approximately 75% of wildlife diseases are vector-borne viral zoonotic diseases. [13] Zoonotic diseases are complex infections residing in animals and can be transmitted to humans. The emergence of zoonotic diseases usually occurs in three stages.

  7. German infection expert: mpox vaccine's best use is in Africa ...

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    A German infection expert on Friday called for existing mpox vaccine supplies to be shipped to Africa, where they would have the greatest potential to tackle the disease, even after a case of a ...

  8. 2022 Ghana Marburg virus disease outbreak - Wikipedia

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    In July 2022, an outbreak of Marburg virus disease occurred in Ghana. [1] Two positive cases were reported by Ghana on 8 July. After confirmation by the World Health Organization, it is the first such outbreak in Ghana. Two men aged 26 and 51 years old were infected with the disease and both cases resulted in fatalities.

  9. This Is the Deadliest Foodborne Illness, According to the ...

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    And in third is the hepatitis E virus, which the report stated is "unique among the foodborne viruses" as it's "a zoonotic pathogen with many asymptomatic animal reservoirs, notably swine."