Samples collected from a man with suspected symptoms of Monkeypox were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune on Monday. Five types of samples of the 40-year-old man currently in isolation at Fever Hospital in Hyderabad were collected and sent to the lab. The samples include swabs from the throat, blood, urine, from lesions on the skin.
According to Fever Hospital superintendent Dr. K. Shankar, the results are likely to be available by Tuesday evening He termed the condition of the man as stable. According to him, the patient is restless and has a running fever. “The lesions on his neck, hands, and chest are like lesions from Monkeypox. It may also be chickenpox,” Dr. Shankar said.
The samples were collected after the man was shifted from his hometown Kamareddy to Hyderabad on Sunday evening. According to officials, he arrived in Kamareddy from Kuwait on July 6. He developed fever on July 20 and later when there were rashes on the body, he approached a private hospital in the town. Suspecting it to be a case of Monkeypox, doctors referred him to Kamareddy District Hospital and from there he was sent in an ambulance to Hyderabad on Sunday, the 24th of July.
Director of Public Health Dr. G. Srinivasa Rao said the man’s six close contacts were also identified. Though they have no symptoms, the authorities kept them in isolation as a precautionary measure. The health department is also trying to trace those who came into contact with them during the last few days.
Furthermore, This is the first suspected case of Monkeypox in Telangana. Neighbouring Andhra Pradesh reported the first suspected case on July 17. A two-year-old child, who had gone to Dubai with family, was found with skin rashes on return. However, the samples sent to NIV, Pune tested negative for Monkeypox.
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