It wasn't smallpox: The suspected case identified in Guarulhos was chickenpox.

It wasn't smallpox: The suspected case identified in Guarulhos was chickenpox.

the The passenger who landed on Sunday (25) at Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo, with symptoms of mpox Tested positive for chicken poxa disease popularly known as FoolishnessThis information was published on Tuesday (27) by the Ministry of Health of São Paulo. Case dismissed to mpox.

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“The patient is well and is under observation. The case was ruled out as chickenpox and confirmed as chickenpox, after examination by the Adolfo Lutz Institute. The patient does not come from areas endemic for smallpox. The Secretariat issued an epidemiological alert last Friday (23) recommending Intensifying surveillance and assistance measures for smallpox cases in the stateThe statement stresses that transmission of smallpox between humans occurs, above all, through intimate contact with lesions on the skin or mucous membranes of infected persons.

You The main symptoms of the disease are fever, weakness, swollen lymph nodes, muscle pain, back pain, headache, sore throat, nasal congestion, and cough..

(Information from the Brazilian Agency)

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