Knowledge about monkeypox among health professionals, Lima-Peru

• Autores: Navarrete-Mejía, Pedro Javier, Velasco-Guerrero, Juan Carlos, Sullcahuaman-Valdiglesias, Edith
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
• Repositorio: Revista del Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:cmhnaaa_ojs_cmhnaaa.cmhnaaa.org.pe:article/1547
• Enlace del recurso: https://cmhnaaa.org.pe/ojs/index.php/rcmhnaaa/article/view/1547
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: virus de la viruela; vacuna contra la viruela; virual de los simios; enfermeras; Smallpox virus; Smallpox vaccine; Monkeypox; Nurses

Background: the SARS-CoV 2 pandemic showed us that we were not prepared, that it will not happen again. Objective: to know the level of knowledge about the etiology, symptoms, treatment and prevention of monkeypox disease in health professionals. The study: observational-descriptive, included 251 health professionals, both sexes, voluntary participation. A questionnaire was developed including the variables age, sex and questions about the monkeypox disease, descriptive analysis of the data. Finding: low knowledge about the etiology, symptoms, treatment and prevention of the disease. Less knowledge about forms of contagion (21.9%), incubation time (21.9%), characteristics of the virus (24.3%) and laboratory diagnosis (25.1%); greater knowledge about contagiousness in the incubation period (61.0%), presence of rashes as a characteristic of the disease (53.8%) and lack of specific treatment (52.2%). Conclusion: low knowledge; The formulation of strategies is urgently needed to be able to face possible cases, if necessary.