In Mexico, health authorities have reported 53 cases of monkeypox; here we explain which states.
The WHO declared Monkeypox (Mpox) to be a public health emergency of international importance and in Mexico, health authorities have reported 53 cases in 11 states so far in 2024.
The appearance of an outbreak of the so-called Monkeypox and its rapid spread in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the notification of cases in several neighboring countries were key to declaring the health emergency, since 517 deaths from this disease have been recorded on the African continent alone.
In Mexico, the Ministry of Health reported that as of August 10, they have identified 212 probable cases of Monkeypox so far in 2024, of which 53 are confirmed and are distributed in 11 states. In epidemiological week 32, the federal Ministry of Health reported three more cases in Mexico City and one more in Quintana Roo.
Monkeypox: Which states in Mexico have reported cases?
The Ministry of Health indicated that the states that have registered any of the 53 cases of Monkeypox in 2024 are:
Mexico City: 32
Quintana Roo: 8
Jalisco: 3
Morelos: 2
Puebla: 2
State of Mexico: 1
Nuevo León: 1
Sinaloa: 1
Tamaulipas: 1
Tlaxcala: 1
Veracruz: 1
Monkeypox: What variant is circulating in Mexico?
The Monkeypox variant circulating in Mexico and confirmed in the 53 cases is the “clade II” variant, which caused a global outbreak in 2022, spreading to nearly 100 countries, some of them in Europe and Asia, where the virus was previously unknown.
So far, Mexico has not identified the new “clade 1b” variant, which appears to spread mainly through sexual networks.
Monkeypox: What are its symptoms?
The federal Ministry of Health indicated that the incubation period for Monkeypox is five to 21 days and has two clinical periods with the following symptoms:
Prodromal period, first five days:
It is characterized by fever, intense headache, lymphadenopathy, low back pain, myalgia, asthenia.
Skin rash period, between one and three days after the onset of fever:
When the different phases of the rash appear, which generally first affects the face and then spreads to the rest of the body.
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