The state of Rio de Janeiro reached 1,330 confirmed cases of monkeypox, or mpox, the name recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Another 3,163 suspected cases were discarded and there are still 321 under investigation, in addition to 149 identified as probable, whose tests were inconclusive or the material was not collected, but the symptoms are compatible with the disease. The data are on the panel of the Center for Strategic Information and Health Surveillance Response (CIEVS), of the State Department of Health (SES). Metropolitan Region 1 (capital and Baixada Fluminense) concentrates 84.36% of cases, with a total of 1,122. Metropolitan Region 2 (Niterói, São Gonçalo, Maricá and Itaboraí) has 10.53%, or 140 cases. History and symptoms The first two records of mpoxide in Rio de Janeiro occurred in epidemiological week 24, from 11 to 17 June 2022, and had a sharp increase, reaching a peak of 150 cases in week 31, between 30 July and 5 of August. Since September, registrations have dropped significantly, with less than 50 cases per week, and in the last two weeks of the year, two cases were registered each. The most common symptoms among confirmed cases are: lesions spread over the skin (in 1,123 patients); sudden onset fever (757 patients); genital injury (570 people); adenomegaly or lymph nodes, known as inguas (542 records); headache or headache (505 people); and asthenia or weakness (379 patients). Among the cases that had confirmation of the form of transmission, 35.41% occurred through sexual contact. Another 2.71% had proven contact with cases of Mpox. In November, the WHO recommended that the name Mpox be adopted worldwide for the disease, to avoid racist connotations reported by various groups. The current name was created after the virus was discovered in monkeys in 1970.
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