Virus Tag

On July 23, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox a public health emergency. Because the historically rare infection has spread rapidly after being detected in the UK, misinformation about its contraction has also spread. The way in which monkeypox attacks the immune system is distinct and can't be in comparison with other viruses like chickenpox. “So far as the immune system is anxious, in most other viral infections, the human body generates Cytokines which might be capable of counter the virus,” states Dr. Manoj Gandhi, Senior Medical Director at ThermoFisher Scientific and Symptomatic Testing Solutions. “Nevertheless, monkeypox seems to have specific genes that prevent the activation of those Cytokines and inhibits our immune system.” Simply put, the monkeypox virus attacks...