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impo a highly contagious viral disease known for causing severe rashes and pules has been detected in an Iowa prison we're actively managing the situation with robust Health measures Iowa Department of Corrections Chief of Staff Paul Cornelius said in a statement provided Monday to the de Mo register Mo's register and first reported on KCCI TV affected individuals are receiving care and enhanced sanitation and isolation Protocols are in place to prevent further spread it is not yet known how many prisoners are infected here's what you need to know about impo Cornelius told the TV station that the disease was detected at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility his statement identified the strain of impo as clay 2 a more common less serious form of the virus than Cade one the virulent strain that currently is spreading in Africa and has yet to reach the United States the World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency to deal with Cade one according to the US Centers for Disease Control and prevention before the Fort Dodge detection there had been no prior reported cases of impo in Iowa this year through August 24 and there was one case in 2023 over the course of the cdc's monitoring of the disease it has reported a total of 30 cases in Iowa and 32,600 Nationwide with 58 deaths what is moox moox previously known as monkey pox is a part of the same virus family that causes small poox according to the CDC discovered in 1958 the virus originally was called monkey pox because it was first discovered in primates not because monkeys are the source of infection the who has since shifted to calling it moox to avoid that unintended stigma the disease is zoonotic which means it can be spread from animals to humans however it also can pass from person to person through physical contact according to the CDC in fact more humano human than animal to human Transmissions have been reported since 2016 according to Politico of the two types of empo clayer one is endemic in central Africa while the milder clay 2 is endemic in West Africa a new variant of Cay 1 called IB appears to spread more easily what is the treatment for empo vaccines are available and recommended for people from higher risk populations children pregnant people and people with weak immune systems including people living with HIV that is not well controlled according to the who the approved genos vaccine a twoos series administered at least four weeks apart provides protection against both the clay ey and Clay two strains the vaccine is highly effective a recent CDC report shows fully vaccinated people became infected in less than 1% of cases and among those who did become infected symptoms were milder than in unvaccinated people