Europe has reached 19,429 cases monkey poxled by Spain with 5,719, according to data as of Aug. 16 from the European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC).
According to the report of this European organization, until 505 people required hospitalization (5.8%), of which 179 require clinical attention. Three people in Europe had to be admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for transmission of monkeypox, of which two, both from Spain, have died.
A total of 57 cases have been recorded with health workers, but none of these positive cases have been reported due to occupational exposures.
The oldest known case in Europe has a sample date of 7 March and was identified through retrospective testing of residual samples. The initial date of onset of reported symptoms was April 3.
Profile: male between 31 and 40 years old
The majority of monkeypox cases in Europe are between 31 and 40 years old (7,602/18,917 – 40%) and males (16,065/16,241 – 98.9%). Among cases with known serostatus, 38 percent (2,749/7,322) were seropositive.
Skin rash, fever, fatigue, muscle aches…
Most cases presented with skin rash (8937/11587 – 77.1%) and systemic symptoms such as fever, fatigue, muscle aches, chills or headache (7495/11587 – 65%).
Ranking in Europe
By country, behind Spain are Germany (3,187), United Kingdom (3,055), France (2,673), Netherlands (1,029), Portugal (770), Italy (662), Belgium (546), Switzerland (387), Austria (210 ), Israel (189), Denmark (154), Sweden (130), Ireland (113), Poland (104), Norway (74), Hungary (62), Greece (49), Slovenia (43), Luxembourg (43 ), Czech (36), Romania (32), Malta (30), Serbia (23), Finland (22), Croatia (17), Iceland (12), Slovakia (10), Estonia (9), Gibraltar (6 ), Lithuania (5), Bulgaria (4), Andorra (4), Latvia (4), Bosnia and Herzegovina (3), Cyprus (3), Monaco (3), Greenland (2), Georgia (1) , Russia (1), Turkey (1), Montenegro (1) and Moldova (1).
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