In addition, the Ministry of Health hasDefinition of suspected case of smallpox There are two main parts: the first symptom is a fever. accompanied by a sore throat or one of these symptoms, such as headaches, muscle aches, back pain, enlarged lymph nodes must be combined with prescribed epidemiological symptoms
The second symptom is a blister rash. The rash spreads to the face, torso, limbs, but the body is slightly, not much on the waist. It looks like a rash first and the blister turns into clear water. Adjusted to pustules and scabs, plus epidemiological history The epidemiologically linked history within the past 21 days consists of 3 main points.
1. History of traveling from or living in a country with reported domestic chickenpox outbreaks. Currently, besides Africa, there are also Canada, Spain, Portugal and England, with 21-day domestic outbreaks.
2. History of participating in activities in the event where smallpox patients were found or have a career that must be in touch with travelers from abroad on a regular basis especially countries at risk of smallpox outbreaks
3. History of close contact with wildlife such as rodents, monkeys or mammals Imported from Africa, it must be emphasized that smallpox, although monkeys, but wildlife that transmit the disease will have other rodents, such as rats or monkeys, but must be imported mainly from Africa. Thai monkeys that do not have a history of linking Africa or domestic pets are therefore not linked epidemiologically which the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has inspected Be wary of wildlife imports from Africa already.