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From mid-September 2023 to now, Ho Chi Minh City has detected 63 cases of monkeypox (Mpox), all of them are men, of which 70% are homosexual and 60% are HIV-infected.
On November 18, the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) said that from mid-September 2023 to now, Ho Chi Minh City has detected 63 cases of monkeypox (Mpox), all of them are men, of which 70% are homosexual and 60% are HIV-infected.
Currently, 35 patients have been cured and finished their quarantine period, 2 severe cases died due to immunodeficiency.
According to HCDC, Mpox is a re-emerging infectious disease that was previously only prevalent in Africa. However, since April 2022, the disease has broken out in Europe and the US, and has since been recorded worldwide. By the end of September, the World Health Organization (WHO) had recorded 91,123 confirmed cases in 115 countries and territories, 96% of whom were men, and more than 50% were people living with HIV.
Mpox is a disease that is transmitted directly from person to person through close contact such as skin-to-skin contact (including touching skin lesions, oral or anal sex), mouth-to-mouth contact (including kissing), mouth-to-skin contact (such as oral sex or kissing on the skin); talking closely with someone who is spreading the virus through respiratory droplets or sharing items (blankets, clothes, etc.) with someone who has Mpox can also be infected.
However, when analyzing the epidemiological characteristics of the Mpox epidemic in the world from 2022 to present, WHO determined that the Mpox virus is spread mostly through sexual intercourse. Anyone can get Mpox if they have risky sexual behaviors; the use of ARV drugs in the treatment of HIV infection or pre-exposure prophylaxis is not a substitute for safe sex measures to prevent Mpox infection.
“Monkey pox is a disease that can heal itself within 2 to 4 weeks; except for some cases of immunodeficiency, pregnant women, children... the disease can be more severe. Therefore, people with Mpox or suspected of having Mpox need to be examined by a doctor to assess their clinical condition to have appropriate treatment indications,” HCDC informed.
To further implement activities to strengthen surveillance and prevention of monkeypox in Ho Chi Minh City in the last 2 months of 2023, HCDC said that with the support of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Vietnam (US CDC Vietnam), all clients using HIV prevention services (including testing counseling, methadone treatment, ARV treatment, pre-exposure prophylaxis, post-exposure prophylaxis) are screened for suspected Mpox symptoms.
Suspected cases will be assigned diagnostic tests. Cases with confirmed tests will be assessed for clinical status and assigned appropriate treatment.
In addition, HCDC cooperated with the Ho Chi Minh City HIV/AIDS Prevention Association to implement counseling, screening and care activities to support Mpox patients at all counseling, addiction and HIV/AIDS treatment departments of district and Thu Duc City health centers, HIV/AIDS outpatient clinics and community-based organizations.
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