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  "textContent": "KARACHI: A second case of mpox has been reported in Karachi, with a 22-year-old man testing positive for the viral disease at the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital, hospital officials said on Thursday.\n\nAccording to the medical superintendent, the patient, a resident of Buffer Zone, was shifted to isolation after his test results came back positive.\n\nHe said that the patient had no recent travel history, raising concerns over possible local transmission.\n\nHealth experts say the emergence of a second case in Karachi underscores the need for heightened surveillance and precautionary measures, particularly in densely populated urban centres where infectious diseases can spread rapidly.\n\nThe latest case comes months after the first mpox infection was reported in Karachi in March this year, indicating that sporadic transmission may already be present in the city.\n\nMpox — formerly known as monkeypox — is a viral disease that can spread through close contact and typically causes fever and a painful rash that may last for weeks. It is closely related to the smallpox virus.\n\nMpox was first identified in the 1950s and for decades remained largely confined to parts of sub-Saharan Africa, where it primarily circulated among rodents before occasionally infecting humans.\n\nHowever, in recent years, the virus has spread beyond its traditional geographic range.\n\nA global outbreak in 2022 saw the milder clade II strain spread to more than 100 countries, largely through human-to-human transmission involving close contact.\n\nWhile global case numbers declined after the 2022 outbreak, health authorities warn that the virus has not disappeared and continues to circulate in different regions.\n\nMore severe variants, including clade I, have also seen a rise in cases in parts of central Africa since 2024, with isolated cases reported elsewhere.\n\nExperts have cautioned that environmental changes, increasing population density and greater human mobility are contributing to the spread and evolution of viruses like mpox, increasing the risk of outbreaks in new regions.\n\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) has previously said that while a vaccine for mpox exists, there is no widely available specific treatment, making early detection and isolation key to controlling its spread.\n\nHealth authorities in Sindh are expected to continue monitoring contacts and enforcing isolation protocols to prevent further transmission.\n\nThe post Mpox resurfaces in Karachi with second confirmed case appeared first on HUM News English.",
  "title": "Mpox resurfaces in Karachi with second confirmed case"
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