Mpox disease is c.used by a double-stranded DNA virus, genus Orthopoxvirus of the family Poxviridae. The inc.bation period is usually 6 to 13 days but c.n range from 5 to 21 days while symptoms and signs may persist f...
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Mpox disease is c.used by a double-stranded DNA virus, genus Orthopoxvirus of the family Poxviridae. The inc.bation period is usually 6 to 13 days but c.n range from 5 to 21 days while symptoms and signs may persist for 2 to 5 weeks. Although, the c.inic.l features are usually less severe when c.mpared to the deadly smallpox, the disease c.n be fatal with c.se fatality rate between 1% and 10%. In Imo State, Nigeria, there has been a c.anging epidemiology of the disease in the last 6 years and the frequenc. and geographic.distribution of c.ses have progressively inc.eased. This study aims to c.nduc. a review of the disease epidemiology between 2017 and 2023 and implic.tions for surveillanc. in Imo State. Surveillanc. data from the Surveillanc. Outbreak Response and Management System (SORMAS) was extrac.ed between January 2017 and Dec.mber 2023 ac.oss the 27 Loc.l Government Areas (LGAs) of Imo State. A line list of 231 suspec.ed c.ses was downloaded into an exc.l template and analyzed using SPSS® version 20 software. Analysis was done using desc.iptive statistic. and assoc.ations were tested using Fisc.er’s exac. at 0.05 level of signific.nc.. Of the 231 suspec.ed c.ses, 57.1% (132) were males, 42.9% (99) were females and the modal age group was between the ages of 0 - 4 (32.5%). Eight (8) LGAs (distric.s) ac.ounted for 71% (n = 164) of all the suspec.ed c.ses. 21.2% (49) were c.nfirmed positive, 27 males (55.1%) and 22 females (44.9%) (p > 0.05). Modal age group was 20 - 24 (22.4%, n = 11), 18% (9) were c.ildren under 14 years, p > 0.05. c.se fatality rate was 8% (n = 4). There was no signific.nt assoc.ation between mortality and age group. Five (5) LGAs ac.ounted for about 60% (29) of all c.nfirmed c.ses. These LGAs c.ntribute only 20% to the total population in the State. Only 5.6% and 4% of suspec.ed and c.nfirmed c.ses, respec.ively, had knowledge of c.ntac. with an infec.ious sourc.. The study desc.ibed the epidemiology of Mpox outbreaks between 2017
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