All patients have already recovered or are recovering in generally good clinical condition.
Its confirmed cases reached 54 monkey pox in Greece, according to his weekly update EODY.
All patients are men with a median age of 36 years. Of the 54 cases, 18 reported travel abroad within the incubation period of the disease (33%).
“Registered laboratory-confirmed cases have already recovered or are recovering in generally good clinical condition,” emphasized in the announcement.
Number of laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox virus infection by week of onset of symptoms (ISO week), Greece, data up to 25/08/2022.
The entire EODY announcement
Monkeypox is a viral infection first recognized in 1958. Since then, it has been occurring in tropical regions of West and Central Africa. It is transmitted through contact with wild animals and from human to human through close physical contact.
In May 2022, an increased number of monkeypox cases were recorded in non-endemic countries. In total, in Europe, until August 23, 2022, 21,098 cases of the disease were recorded in 43 different countries (source: https://monkeypoxreport.ecdc.europa.eu/).
The data presented in this report concern the laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox virus infection in Greece, based on the data declared to EODY and recorded until August 25, 2022.
The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases since the start of registration is 54 (all men, median age: 36 years (19-59), of which 18 reported travel abroad during the incubation period of the disease (33%). The temporal distribution of laboratory-confirmed cases by week of onset of symptoms (ISO week) is shown in the Graph below.
It is noted that the recorded laboratory-confirmed cases have already recovered or are recovering in generally good clinical condition.
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