Regarding the effect of vaccines against monkeypox, which spreads mainly in Europe and the United States, the CDC = Center for Disease Control in the United States found that people who received at least one dose of the vaccine had less than 1/14 the chance of developing the disease compared to those who had not. I announced the analysis result that it was suppressed.
According to the CDC, monkeypox has confirmed 76,713 infections in 109 countries and regions around the world as of October 27, and 36 people have died. The focus is on vaccination.
The CDC has analyzed the effects of vaccines on more than 5,400 infected men aged 18 to under 50 reported from all over the United States for more than a month from the end of July to the beginning of September. Did.
According to it, those who received at least one dose of the vaccine for more than 14 days were about 14 times less likely to develop the disease than those who had never been vaccinated.
This vaccine was originally developed against smallpox, and was thought to be effective against monkeypox, which is caused by a similar virus, but its actual efficacy was not known in detail.
Professor Shigeru Morikawa of Okayama University of Science, who is familiar with monkeypox, said, "This is the first time that we have epidemiologically analyzed data on the effects of monkeypox vaccination, but we were able to confirm a certain degree of efficacy. Further investigation is awaited, such as how long the immunity lasts after one vaccination is required."