MPOX New Strain: Scientists have warned the world about the MPOX virus. The new MPOX virus is highly lethal and spreads very easily among people, the researchers said. The disease is killing babies and causing abortions in women in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Clade I fell prey to eating animal flesh
Research people fear that it has spread to neighboring countries as well. Jean-Claude Udahemuka, a researcher at the University of Rwanda who is researching the virus, told AFP, 'It will be too late before this new virus spreads to other places. All countries should be prepared for this.
According to researchers, a new type of Mpox has spread to more than 110 countries. This mostly affects gay and bisexual men. The virus, formerly known as monkeypox, was a clade II strain. But the clade 1 type of outbreak is 10 times more lethal. This has been happening regularly in Africa, for the first time in the 1970s when D.R. It was found in the Congo. If observed in other countries, the virus is transmitted through sexual intercourse, while in Africa most people became infected with clade I by eating animal meat.
A new sexually transmitted MPOX virus
Researcher Claude Udahemuka has given information about the new MPOX in an online press conference. He said the Mpox outbreak was traced to sex workers in Kamituga, a remote mining town in Congo, in September last year. Which was different from previous Mpox.
The virus was previously spread through homosexual sex in the central African country, but new research has found that the new strain of Mpox is spread through sexual intercourse between heterosexuals.
Bad effect of new virus on women
The researchers found that the new strain is quite dangerous. Because it is spread between people during normal sexual intercourse. It has worst effect on women and children. This strain is causing miscarriages in women and the percentage of infant deaths is increasing. Researchers said that if this virus has a long-term effect, it could prove to be very dangerous for the world. Other countries should also be prepared for this virus.
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