WHO Discloses How the Recent Monkeypox Outbreak Is Spreading

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The recent outbreak of the monkeypox virus in North America and Europe is primarily spreading through sex, according to World Health Organization (WHO) officials on Monday, while confirming about 200 cases so far.

The virus itself is not a sexually transmitted infection, but WHO officials said the recent surge in cases is linked to homosexual men. However, they said that anyone can contract monkeypox, which is generally confined to Central and West Africa.

โ€œWeโ€™ve seen a few cases in Europe over the last five years, just in travelers, but this is the first time weโ€™re seeing cases across many countries at the same time in people who have not traveled to the endemic regions in Africa,โ€ Dr. Rosamund Lewis, who runs WHOโ€™s smallpox research, said in a streaming event on social media.

So far, the United States has confirmed at least two cases and a third suspected case is being investigated by officials in Florida. The cases have been reported in New York City and Massachusetts.

โ€œMany diseases can be spread through sexual contact. You could get a cough or a cold through sexual contact, but it doesnโ€™t mean that itโ€™s a sexually transmitted disease,โ€ Andy Seale, who advises WHO on HIV, hepatitis, and other sexually transmitted diseases, or STDs.ย Seale said monkeypox isnโ€™t considered an STD.

Meanwhile, Dr. David Heymann, who chaired a meeting of the World Health Organizationโ€™s advisory group on infectious disease, told The Associated Press that the leading theory to explain the spread of the disease was sexual transmission at events held in Spain and Belgium. Monkeypox has not previously triggered widespread outbreaks beyond Africa, where it is endemic in animals.

โ€œWe know monkeypox can spread when there is close contact with the lesions of someone who is infected, and it looks like sexual contact has now amplified that transmission,โ€ said Heymann.

โ€œItโ€™s very possible there was somebody who got infected, developed lesions โ€ฆ and then spread it to others when there was sexual or close, physical contact,โ€ Heymann said, adding that โ€œthese international events โ€ฆ seeded the outbreak around the world, into the U.S., and other European countries.โ€

Byย Jack Phillips

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