Monkeypox: The United States records the first death related to the disease

The victim is a Texas resident with a high degree of immunosuppression

You United States recorded this Tuesday, 30th, the first death of a patient who has been diagnosed monkeypox (monkeypox). The victim is a man with “severe immunosuppression” who lived in Harris County, Texas.

The US Department of Health is now investigating the role that monkeypox played in the patient’s death.

“Monkeypox is a serious disease, especially for those with weakened immune systems,” said John Hellerstedt, head of the Texas Department of Health and Social Services. “We keep asking people to seek treatment if they have been exposed to monkeypox or if they have symptoms consistent with the disease.”

The United States was one of the first and only countries to date to vaccinate the population against monkeypox. There, immunization is focused on the audience of “men who have relationships with men” (MSM), people they live with. HIV and users of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Although the disease has spread faster among gay and bisexual men, experts warn that other groups may also be infected with the virus.

The first case of the disease was confirmed in the country on May 18. On June 28, the US launched its monkeypox immunization program, using one of the few stocks available in the world of the JYNNEOS vaccine, the same one that will be delivered to Brazil by the rotating fund of PAHO, arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Latin America.

But while Brazil is expected to initially receive 50,000 doses, the United States has already negotiated directly with pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic, the sole manufacturer of the immunizer, to supply approximately 7 million vaccines by the middle of next year. There, the target audience is also given the ACAM2000 vaccine, which was initially used to treat smallpox (smallpox).

Also on Monday 29, Brazil had its second death from monkeypox since the start of the new outbreak. The patient is a 33-year-old man who also had comorbidities and low immunity, residing in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro.

With this record in Texas and the most recent in Brazil, the total number of deaths from the current monkeypox epidemic reaches 17. Outside Africa, the American continent is the one with the highest number of deaths from disease. with two other records in Cuba and Ecuador.

Source: Terra

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