Monkeypox likely spread by sex at two raves in Europe, expert says
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Monkeypox has not previously triggered widespread outbreaks beyond Africa, where it is endemic in animals.“We 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,” said Heymann.That marks a significant departure from the disease’s typical pattern of spread in central and western Africa, where people are mainly infected by animals like wild rodents and primates and outbreaks have not spilled across borders.To date, WHO has recorded more than 90 cases of monkeypox in a dozen countries including Britain, Spain, Israel, France, Switzerland, the U.S. and Australia.Madrid’s senior health official said on Monday that the Spanish capital has recorded 30 confirmed cases so far.
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