The samples collected from the girl were sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune
A young girl from Ghaziabad, who was suspected to be having monkeypox infection, has tested negative, the Ghaziabad health department confirmed on Tuesday. A private hospital to which the girl was admitted had suspected her to have contracted the viral infection, which is being reported in other countries massively.
The samples collected from the girl were sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune. The reports came negative. Meanwhile the hospital staff, who were in communication with the girl, have been asked to isolate themselves for 21 days.
Is Monkeypox a threat?
77 new cases of this viral disease found for the first time in the UK, makes it a threat for every country as international communications are being eased in view of lesser COVID cases.
A total of 800 cases of monkeypox have been detected in countries like the US, the UK and several European nations which did not have monkeypox cases till date.
Monkeypox is not new. But the rate at which it is spreading to countries where it was never found before poses a serious threat even for a country like India which has not yet found a single case of the disease.
Several suspected cases have been sent to laboratories for confirmation but none have tested positive.
Which symptoms in the Ghaziabad girl led to testing?
The girl, a minor from Patna, who has been declared having no monkeypox virus after staying isolated for a week was undergoing an ear ailment treatment.
It was her doctor who informed officials about the rashes in her body.
The rashes looked like pox-lesions. This called for immediate action on determining whether it is monkeypox or not.
She did not show any symptoms of monkeypox.
The girl was isolated in the private clinic itself and samples were collected from her and sent to the laboratory for testing.
What are the typical symptoms of Monkeypox?
The common symptoms of monkeypox are: fever, headache, swelling of lymph nodes, back pain, muscle ache, listless, and rashes on face, palm and soles. Rashes can also be found on oral mucous membranes, genitalia, conjunctiva and cornea.
The monkeypox rashes develop to lesions filled with yellow fluid before drying up.
The symptoms last for 2 to 4 weeks.
Is monkeypox fatal?
Monkeypox symptoms subside within 2 to 4 weeks usually. The incubation period of monkeypox is usually from 6 to 13 days but it can also range from 5 to 21 days.
However, the occurrence of severe cases can not be ruled out. As per the WHO, the case fatality ratio has been around 3–6%.
A large outbreak in Nigeria had a fatality ratio of approximately 3%.
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