The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) approved, on Monday (26), the second product for the diagnosis of the monkeypox virus, which causes monkeypox, in Brazil.
The new product registered by is the molecular kit manufactured by the Institute of Technology in Immunobiologicals (Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz), which allows the identification of the circulating West African viral strain. The diagnosis can be made from samples obtained from the skin lesions of patients who show symptoms of infection (see below).
According to Anvisa, the product was initially developed to be an assay also capable of identifying the Congo strain. However, this capability has not been validated and approved by Anvisa and cannot be used for diagnostic purposes.
Anvisa states that a series of technical requirements were analyzed, including clinical performance and risk management, which serve to ensure that the product is suitable for use. The availability of the product on the market depends on Fiocruz.
prevention measures
The main mode of transmission of smallpox from monkeys is through direct person-to-person contact, called skin-to-skin.
Contagion can happen from contact with skin lesions, crusts or body fluids of an infected person, by touching objects, fabrics (clothes, sheets or towels) and surfaces that were used by someone with the disease, in addition to contact with secretions. respiratory.
The Ministry of Health recommends avoiding close contact with people suspected or diagnosed with the disease, in addition to washing hands with soap and water or with alcohol gel before eating or touching the face as a preventive measure.
Faced with any suspicious symptoms, people should seek medical attention at Basic Health Units (UBSs) or Emergency Care Unit (UPA) for evaluation.
disease symptoms
Monkeypox, in most cases, progresses without complications and signs and symptoms last from two to four weeks.
Clinical manifestations usually include skin lesions in the form of blisters or sores that can appear on different parts of the body, such as the face, hands, feet, eyes, mouth or genitals. However, the current outbreak of the disease has presented different epidemiological characteristics, with symptoms that can be quite mild.
In the most common documented form of the disease, symptoms may appear from the seventh day onwards with a sudden and intense fever. Signs such as headache, nausea, exhaustion, tiredness and especially the appearance of swollen glands are common, which can happen both in the neck and in the axillary region as well as in the genital part.
The manifestation on the skin occurs between one and three days after the initial symptoms. The signs go through different stages: macula (small spots), papule (small pimple-like sores), vesicle (small blisters), pustule (bubble with the presence of pus) and crust (which are healing scabs).
Source: CNN Brasil
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