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The health authorities of Montreal (Canada) have identified 17 probable cases of monkeypoxand they have begun an investigation to understand the chain of transmission of the disease, which has also been detected in several European countries and in the US.
The Director of Public Health Montreal Public Prosecutor, Dr. Mylène Drouin, testified This Thursday during a press conference that precisely the detection in the United States of the case of a person who contracted the disease after traveling to the Canadian city alerted the United States. Tell the authorities in your country about the situation.
He also explained The cases have not yet been confirmed with laboratory tests, but specialists believe there is a strong possibility that they are positive for monkeypox.
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The first cases in Montreal were reported by clinicians. Specialized clinics in sexually transmitted diseases. Drouin pointed. No infection is serious.
Transmission of monkeypox occurs by close contact and through droplets containing the disease virus.< /p>
Monkeypox is on the rise. caused by a virus endemic in central and western Africa. In recent days, cases have been detected in the United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain.
On Wednesday, US authorities detected a first case in a man residing in the state of Massachusetts, in the northeast of the country, and who had recently traveled to Montreal.