COMPLICACIONES NEUROLÓGICAS EN PACIENTES INFECTADOS CON VIRUELA DEL SIMIO: UNA REVISIÓN BIBLIOGRÁFICA

Abstract

Monkeypox became a new health emergency, after a new outbreak appeared in places not usual for the disease, affecting the five continents with approximately 16,836 cases and occurring to a greater extent in men who have relationships with men. Having sexual contact as a new route of transmission. This zoonosis can present rare neurological complications, including encephalitis and meningitis. A bibliographic review of the scientific literature was developed considering articles published, during the last five years, in indexed journals visible in databases with regional and global coverage such as Scopus, WOS, Taylor and Francis and PubMed on neurological complications attributable to smallpox. ape considering its clinical nature. description to promote diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and effective prevention. The selected language was English and Spanish. The objective of this article is to develop a bibliographic review of the scientific literature of the last five years on monkeypox as a new global health emergency that provides relevant information for the clinical description of the neurological complications associated with it, favoring its diagnosis. treatment, prognosis and prevention.