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Una vacuna que se dejó de aplicar en 1980 ayudaría a contener brotes de viruela del mono

En Costa Rica esta vacuna se dejó de aplicar en 1959, pero las campañas de vacunación contra la viruela no eran universales y eran específicas

This handout photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was taken in 1997 during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and depicts the dorsal surfaces of a monkeypox case in a patient who was displaying the appearance of the characteristic rash during its recuperative stage. (Photo by Brian W.J. Mahy / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /  Brian W.J. Mahy, BSc, MA, PhD, ScD, DSc / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
This handout photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was taken in 1997 during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and depicts the dorsal surfaces of a monkeypox case in a patient who was displaying the appearance of the characteristic rash during its recuperative stage. (Photo by Brian W.J. Mahy / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Brian W.J. Mahy, BSc, MA, PhD, ScD, DSc / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS BRIAN W.J. MAHY
¿Cómo influye la vacuna contra la viruela humana en la viruela del mono?

Una de las hipótesis sobre la diseminación de la viruela del mono, en países donde antes no se había visto, es que la protección colectiva de la vacuna contra la viruela humana (un virus de la misma familia) ha ido disminuyendo y por eso ahora somos vulnerables. Por la cercanía genética entre ambos virus (ambos son orthopuxvirus), esta vacuna daría una protección cercana al 85% a quienes se la aplicaron.

La viruela humana se erradicó del mundo en 1980 y no se volvieron a dar casos. Esta es la única enfermedad que ha sido erradicada por vacunación.

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