Monkeypox virus kaya nang matukoy ng RITM

June 23, 2022 - 12:00am

In this file photo taken on January 07, 2011 this handout photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was taken in 1997 during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and depicts the dorsal surfaces of a monkeypox case in a patient who was displaying the appearance of the characteristic rash during its recuperative stage. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said June 3, 2022 it was aware of more than 700 global cases of monkeypox, including 21 in the United States, with investigations now suggesting it is spreading inside the country.

Brian W.J. Mahy / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / AFP

MANILA, Philippines — Kaya na umanong matukoy ng Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) ang kaso ng monkeypox na kumalat na sa iba’t ibang bansa sa mundo.

Ayon sa RITM, pinakalakas nila ang kanilang ‘real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction) assay’ para makatukoy ng monkeypox virus at maging ang kanilang ikalawang ‘PCR assay’.

Tanging mga suspect cases at ang mga sumusunod sa ‘procedures for referral’ ang mapoproseso nila ng RITM, base sa isang memorandum ng Department of Health (DOH).
Sinabi pa ng RITM na nag-oorganisa na ang DOH ng pagsasanay para sa paghawak, pamamahala, at transportasyon ng mga samples ng mga ‘skin lesions’ na magsisilbing bagay sa lahat ng disease reporting units, epidemiology at surveillance units.

Una nang sinabi ng DOH na handa ang Pilipinas sakaling makapasok ang monkeypox sa bansa at tinitingnan ang pagbili ng bakuna at antivirals laban sa sakit.

Kabilang sa mga sintomas nito ay ang lagnat, paglaki ng lymph nodes, sakit ng ulo, panginginig, sore throat, malaise at pagkapagod.

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