As monkeypox fear grips the world, it is important to know how the disease spreads. Some of its symptoms are similar to chickenpox like cold, fever, rash, body ache, and fatigue.
krishna murthy
While monkeypox belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus in the family Poxviridae, Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus.
Chickenpox is extremely common and contagious, monkeypox is a rare occurrence and does not spread as easily.
Monkeypox patient develops rash within 1-5 while the latter may appear 1-2 days before the rash.
The incubation period for monkeypox can go from 7 to 14 days, while symptoms of chickenpox can take upto 16 days to appear.
Monkeypox virus enters the body via broken skin, respiratory tract, and mucus membrane while chickenpox virus enters mainly via respiratory tracts.
To prevent monkeypox, contact must be avoided with the infected person, while in chickenpox, vaccination must be taken to prevent infection.
In monkeypox, no specific treatment is required but in chickenpox, symptomatic treatment is given but chicken-vaccine are safe and effective.