Monkeypox is monkeypox that is not transmitted by monkeys. It was only identified in a monkey. In the same way as humans, they are carriers of the virus that causes the disease and the characteristic skin lesions in people.
Monkeypox is not life threatening, but it can generate social stigma.
In the United States, 94% of cases occurred among MSM (men who have sex with men), according to Jason E. Farley of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursery. Initial information about monkeypox sought to avoid identifying the disease with MSM. But studies published in several journals, including the Lancet Infectious Diseases, report the presence of active infectious virus in the semen of patients within 19 days after the onset of symptoms. Which may explain its transmission through people without signs of the disease.
Monkeypox can also be spread by droplets from a sneeze. But mostly it is transmitted by close contact, skin to skin or even in sexual intercourse.
The global risk for monkeypox at the moment, according to the WHO (World Health Organization), is moderate. But the current outbreak of monkeypox, he adds, continues to affect MSM with one or more partners.
To reduce the risk of transmission of the disease, Professor Noreen A. Hynes, from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, recommends limiting staying in closed spaces with many people to four hours and, in sexual relations, limiting the number of partners and reinforce the use of condoms.
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