Monkeypox: what does it look like?
Created: 06/03/2022, 09:59 am
By: Judith Brown
Cases of the monkeypox virus are being reported around the world.
A symptom of the disease is the characteristic skin rash.
1 / 10Cases of monkeypox are currently being detected worldwide.
This 2003 electron micrograph shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypoxviruses (left) and spherical immature virions (right) obtained from a human skin sample related to the 2003 prairie dog outbreak.
© Cynthia S. Goldsmith/Russell Regner/CDC/AP/dpa
2 / 10This 1997 image provided by the CDC during an investigation into a monkeypox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), shows the dorsal surfaces of the hands of a monkeypox patient who had the characteristic rash in the recovery phase.
© Uncredited/CDC/dpa
3 / 10This 1997 image provided by the CDC shows the right arm and torso of a patient whose skin had a series of lesions traceable to an active case of monkeypox.
© Uncredited/CDC/dpa
4 / 10This 1997 image was taken during an investigation into a monkeypox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
It shows the palms of a monkeypox patient.
© -/CDC/Brian WJ Mahy/dpa
According to the RKI, cases of monkeypox have now been reported from eight federal states (as of June 3rd, 2022).
The photo shows skin lesions in patients where the virus has been detected.
© UKHSA/dpa
6 / 10Monkeypox resembles the secretion-filled blisters of chickenpox.
Before the blisters appear, knots form in the skin.
© Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp/dpa
7 / 10According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), monkeypox cannot always be clearly identified without a laboratory test.
Photo shows skin symptoms of patients confirmed to be infected with monkeypox virus.
© Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp/dpa
8 / 10Monkeypox is not easy to distinguish from chickenpox, herpes, shingles or acne.
The photo shows skin changes in monkeypox patients.
© Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp/dpa
9 / 10Increasing cases of monkeypox virus are being reported worldwide.
A rash like the one in the photo is a typical sign of infection.
© Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp/dpa
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10 / 10Photo provided by the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp shows skin symptoms of monkeypox patients.
© Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp/dpa
Berlin – While the summer is giving us a kind of “break” from Corona with the falling number of cases, researchers and scientists are currently working on another virus: monkeypox.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has now reported a total of 44 cases from eight federal states (as of June 3rd).
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (55, SPD) has already announced that vaccine doses will be ordered.
The fear of spreading and contagion is great for some people.
The symptoms of monkeypox are easily confused with those of the flu.
A skin rash is also typical of a disease.
The skin lesions, in turn, are similar to chickenpox.
