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Current Issues on Monkey pox Infection among immunocompromised patients: African Perspectives

Author: Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu1, Godfred Yawson Scott2, Felix Amekpor2, Valerie Esame Njar3
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Published: 2023
Section: School of Allied Health Sciences

Abstract

Monkey pox is more prevalent in a subgroup of people who also have HIV, most likely because to sexual
transmission and the level of immunosuppression that these patients may display at different stages of their illness.
Although monkey pox can spread to everyone who comes into contact with an infected person, the causes of this
subgroup's disproportionately high prevalence are yet unknown. HIV-infected individuals are more likely to
experience secondary bacterial infections, longer illnesses, and confluent or partly confluent rashes as opposed to
discrete lesions. Prognosis is influenced by a number of variables, such as starting health state, concomitant diseases,
prior immunisation history and comorbidities. Extended Monkeypox and protracted infection may be more likely to
affect those who are immunocompromised due to HIV or other diseases.This seems to occur most frequently in
people who have more severe immunosuppression.