What is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its first fatality.
There are a lot of questions about #AlaskaPox right now. Luckily Prevention Magazine has details on what Alaskapox is and how to prevent it. Alaskapox can be prevented by avoiding contact with small wild animals and feral cats. #NeverFeedFeralCats
It's "mild".. until it's not.
New virus, Alaskapox. (which looks like it violates the don't-name-diseases-after-places rule). #alaskapox #disease #death #healthcare https://www.dw.com/en/alaskapox-first-known-death-from-the-virus/a-68255944
What is Alaskapox? The disease has claimed its first fatality
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2024-02-13/what-is-alaskapox-the-disease-has-claimed-its-first-fatality #health #viruses #alaskapox #alaska #lesion #immunocompromised #orthopoxvirus
What to know about #Alaskapox after officials report first known fatal case https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/13/health/alaskapox-virus-xpn/index.html
#Alaskapox: elderly man becomes first known death from #virus - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/14/alaskapox-first-known-fatality-alaska-virus "The virus recently discovered in Alaska is transmitted from small mammals and symptoms normally include a rash and muscle pain"
The two deadly diseases that are #Alaskapox and the #Plague making headlines right now have one thing in common. Both diseases were spread by free-roaming cats. Prevent diseases from spreading by keeping pet #CatsIndoors and Not feeding feral cats.
CNN:NEW DISEASE ALERT: What to know about #Alaskapox after officials report first known #fatal case
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/13/health/alaskapox-virus-xpn/index.html
Alaskapox: What to know about rare virus after 1st reported human death
Alaskapox, a virus first identified in 2015, has recently claimed the life of an elderly Alaskan man, marking the first known human fatality linked with this pathogen.
#globalnews #Canada #Health #World #Alaskapox
https://globalnews.ca/news/10290949/alaskapox-virus-death-rare-virus-what-to-know/
#alaskapox #akpv #smallpox #elderly #zoonotic #alaska
“An elderly man has died from Alaskapox, the first known fatality from the recently discovered virus, state health officials said.
The man, who lived in the remote Kenai Peninsula, was hospitalized last November and died in late January, according to a bulletin last week from Alaska public health officials.”
What Is Alaskapox? First Death From Mysterious Virus Reported In Alaska
1st fatal case of Alaskapox may have been tied to stray cat
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/1st-fatal-case-of-alaskapox-may-have-been-tied-to-stray-cat #Alaskapox #cat #orthopoxviruses #rash #SwollenLymphNodes #resolved #AKPV
Fatal #Alaskapox #Infection in a Southcentral Alaska Resident, State of Alaska Epidemiology #bulletin https://health.alaska.gov/dph/Epi/id/Pages/Alaskapox.aspx
-- Case Report: In mid-Sept 23, an elderly man from #Kenai Peninsula with history of #drug-induced #immunosuppression secondary to #cancer treatment noted a tender red papule in his right axilla. Over the next 6 wks, presented to his primary provider & local ED several times for clinical evaluation of lesion & was prescribed multiple antibiotic regimens.
#USA, #Alaska, State reports first known fatal case of #Alaskapox, https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2024/02/09/state-reports-first-known-fatal-case-of-alaskapox/
-- Health officials say the recently discovered species of the double-stranded-DNA virus first identified in Alaska in 2015 comes from the same genus as smallpox, monkeypox and cowpox. It occurs mostly in small mammals like voles and shrews.
#USA, #Alaska: First person dies from #Alaskapox virus, officials confirm, https://news.sky.com/story/alaska-first-person-dies-from-alaskapox-virus-officials-confirm-13069537
-- Officials said the source of the victim's #exposure to the virus was "unclear" - although he had reported caring for a stray #cat at his home which had scratched him, possibly causing the transmission.
#Alaska health officials confirmed the state’s first fatal case of #AlaskaPox — a recently discovered viral disease.
The double-stranded-DNA virus, which comes from the same genus as #SmallPox #MonkeyPox (#MPox) and #CowPox, was first identified in an adult in Fairbanks, Alaska in 2015.
https://nypost.com/2024/02/11/news/alaska-confirms-first-fatal-case-of-alaskapox/
