WHO declares mpox global health emergencyFrom the headline of this article at the BBC.
上記の文で、mpoxの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "mpox" mean?
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意味:英辞郎によると、
《病理》エムポックス◆ポックスウイルス科オルソポックスウイルス属のエムポックス(サル痘)ウイルスによる感染症。アフリカに生息するリス、ウサギ、サルなどのウイルス保有動物との接触によってヒトに感染する。実験動物のサルから初めて発見されたことから「サル痘」と名付けられたが、2022年11月に世界保健機関(WHO)は、ネガティブなイメージによる偏見を避けるため、monkeypoxからmpoxに変更することを推奨した。これに伴い、日本の厚生労働省は2023年2月17日、「サル痘」の新名称を「エムポックス」にする方針を決めた。
Answer
According to the World Health Organization (WHO):Mpox (monkeypox) is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus. It can cause a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever. Most people fully recover, but some get very sick.The reason for the name change from monkeypox is described by NPR
Monkeypox disease now has a new name: mpox. The World Health Organization announced the long-awaited change on Monday, saying the disease's original name plays into "racist and stigmatizing language."
Examples
- The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the ongoing mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency, the highest level of alarm under international health law.
- “It was unanimous that the current outbreak of mpox, upsurge of mpox, is an extraordinary event,” said Dimie Ogoina, chair of WHO’s emergency committee.
- “What we have in Africa is the tip of the iceberg. … We are not recognizing, or we don’t have the full picture of, this burden of mpox.”
- Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a viral disease related to the now-eradicated smallpox virus.
- Jean Claude Udahemuka, from the University of Rwanda, said last month that Clade 1b is "undoubtedly the most dangerous so far of all the known strains of mpox".
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