On September 22nd, 2017, the NAN reported that
there has been suspected cases of Monkey pox disease in Nigeria. Monkey pox is an
infectious disease that begins with fever, headache, muscle pains, swollen
lymph node and feeling tired constantly. Overtime rash, blister and scabs being
to appear all over the body. Money pox is spread if an animal bite or scratch a
person, when handling bush meat, through body fluids, or being in contact with
someone with the disease. Money pox look like chickenpox. 10% of people die
from the infect. Smallpox is known to prevent infection and cidofovir is used
to treat it. Money Pox was first identified in 1958 while experiment monkeys in
labs. In 1970, the first cases of human Money Pox was reported in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. In 2003, the United States experience and outbreak that
was spread with store bought rodents imported from Gambian.
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