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  1. What is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its first fatality.

    From @TheConversationUS: flip.it/-IruCF

    #Alaskapox #Disease #Microbiology #Alaska #Virus

  2. What is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its first fatality.

    From @TheConversationUS: flip.it/-IruCF

    #Alaskapox #Disease #Microbiology #Alaska #Virus

  3. @LALegault
    I have to work on this CW and have a rather long computer to do list. But I'm truly sorry about offending. I live with a medical person and sometimes our careless attitude about the health environment workplace chat during kitchen/dining conversation has offended.

    BTW, talk about gallows humor: at first I thought #Alaskapox was a humorous reference to the tendency for a state to go conservative when it has a universal basic income.

  4. #Alaskapox: elderly man becomes first known death from #virus - theguardian.com/science/2024/f "The virus recently discovered in Alaska is transmitted from small mammals and symptoms normally include a rash and muscle pain"

  5. #Alaskapox: elderly man becomes first known death from #virus - theguardian.com/science/2024/f "The virus recently discovered in Alaska is transmitted from small mammals and symptoms normally include a rash and muscle pain"

  6. Fatal #Alaskapox #Infection in a Southcentral Alaska Resident, State of Alaska Epidemiology #bulletin health.alaska.gov/dph/Epi/id/P

    -- 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.

  7. Fatal #Alaskapox #Infection in a Southcentral Alaska Resident, State of Alaska Epidemiology #bulletin health.alaska.gov/dph/Epi/id/P

    -- 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.

  8. #USA, #Alaska, State reports first known fatal case of #Alaskapox, adn.com/alaska-news/2024/02/09

    -- 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.

  9. #USA, #Alaska, State reports first known fatal case of #Alaskapox, adn.com/alaska-news/2024/02/09

    -- 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.

  10. #USA, #Alaska: First person dies from #Alaskapox virus, officials confirm, news.sky.com/story/alaska-firs

    -- 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.

  11. #USA, #Alaska: First person dies from #Alaskapox virus, officials confirm, news.sky.com/story/alaska-firs

    -- 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.

  12. #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.

    nypost.com/2024/02/11/news/ala

  13. #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.

    nypost.com/2024/02/11/news/ala