Monkeypox Resources
UPDATE August 11, 2022
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox can be spread from person-to-person by direct skin contact. For example, spread can occur during intimate contact and sex. Nearly all of current monkeypox cases occur in adult men. Most cases occur in men who have sex with men.
Symptoms of monkeypox include:
Initial symptoms are chills, fatigue, fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, and swollen lymph nodes. These symptoms last 1 to 5 days.
About 1 to 3 days after the fever subsides a rash appears. It usually starts on the head and back. Each monkeypox sore is about 0.5 cm to 1 cm wide. Each sore progresses through the following stages: small red spot (macule), small red bump (papule), small water blister (vesicle), small cloudy blister (pustule). Then, the sore crusts over and the scab falls off after about a week.
For most people, the symptoms of monkeypox last 2 to 4 weeks.
Some useful Internet Resources are:
Canada.CA: Monkeypox Outbreak Update. Available at https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/monkeypox.html.
Johns Hopkins - Center for Health Security: Monkeypox. Available at https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/publications/monkeypox.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Monkeypox. Available at https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/index.html.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Monkeypox and Global Case Count. Available at https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/index.html.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Monkeypox and Safer Sex. PDF handout. Available at https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/pdf/MonkeyPox-SaferSex-InfoSheet-508.pdf.
World Health Organization (WHO): Clinical Management and Infection Prevention and Control for Monkeypox. Interim Guidance June 2022. Available at https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-MPX-Clinical-and-IPC-2022.1.
Triage Guidelines:
Adult After Hours Monkeypox Diagnosed or Suspected - with Care Advice
Adult After Hours Monkeypox Exposure - with Care Advice
Adult Office Hours Monkeypox Diagnosed or Suspected