TNPSC Thervupettagam

Monkeypox

July 20 , 2021 1137 days 1218 0
  • The First case of rare human monkeypox was detected in Texas of USA.
  • The Monkeypox was detected in a U.S. resident, who recently travelled from Nigeria to US.
  • This is according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention of the USA.
  • Monkey pox virus is a double-stranded DNA & a zoonotic virus.
  • It belongs to genus Orthopox virus in family Poxviridae.

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