MONKEYPOX

MONKEYPOX

• The Department of Health (DOH) had conducted a webinar regarding Monkeypox a disease caused by the monkeypox virus. It is a viral zoonotic disease, meaning that it can spread from animals to humans. It can also spread between people.
Guidelines:
• Monkeypox shall be classified as a Notifiable disease
• All primary care providers, clinicians, public health authorities, point of entry, and institutions/offices shall notify the DOH of any suspect, probable, or confirmed case within 24 hours of detection;
• Reporting of cases or contacts shall utilize the Case Investigation Form (CIF)
• Case investigation shall focus on:
• Exposure investigation (back tracing) within 21 days prior to symptom onset;
• Characterization of clinical presentation; and Tracing and profiling of identified contacts.
• Contacts shall be quarantined and closely monitored at least a period of 21 days from the last contact with a patient or their contaminated materials during the infectious period.
• Contacts shall be quarantined and closely monitored at least a period of 21 days from the last contact with a patient or their contaminated materials during the infectious period.
Appearance of lesions

Suspected Case

• A person of any age presenting with an unexplained acute rash abd one or more of the following signs and symptoms:
• Headache;
• Acute onset of fever (>38.5 C)
• Myalgia;
• Back Pain;
• Asthenia
• Lymphadenopathy; and For which the following common causes of acute rash do not explain the clinical picture: varicella zoster, herpes zoster, measles, herpes simplex, bactelial skin infections, disseminated gonococcal infection, primary or secondary syphilliis, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, granuloma inguinale, molluscum contagiosum, allergic reaction (e.g. to plants); and any other locally relevant common causes of papular or vesicular rash.

To know more about Monkeypox, watch the lecture of one of our Infectious Disease Specialist, Dr. Joseph Adrian Buensalido.