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Monkeypox wreaks havoc from Europe to America, know how dangerous this disease

Monkeypox virus also known as the Moneypox virus, is a double-stranded DNA, zoonotic virus and a species of the genus Orthopoxvirus in the family Poxviridae. It is one of the human orthopoxviruses that includes variola, cowpox, and vaccinia viruses. What is monkeypox? monkeypox has also knocked in the midst of Corona. Monkeypox infection is increasing in European countries.That outbreak, the first reported from outside of Africa, was traced back to the importation of small mammals from Ghana. However, in the past few years there has been small increases in exported monkeypox cases. The U.S. detected two in 2021, both in travelers who had returned from Nigeria.Fever comes after being infected with monkeypox and this disease also gets cured in a few weeks. In some cases the infection was serious. In Central and West Africa, this infection has been infecting thousands of people for years, but it is a new thing in Europe. America has told that a person living in Massachusetts has come ...