Monkeypox may spread through sex

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Reports the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald.  

[PeterJ 829]

Oh, great…😳🙁

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Transmission

Transmission of monkeypox virus occurs when a person comes into contact with the virus from an animal, human, or materials contaminated with the virus. The virus enters the body through broken skin (even if not visible), respiratory tract, or the mucous membranes (eyes, nose, or mouth). Animal-to-human transmission may occur by bite or scratch, bush meat preparation, direct contact with body fluids or lesion material, or indirect contact with lesion material, such as through contaminated bedding. Human-to-human transmission is thought to occur primarily through large respiratory droplets. Respiratory droplets generally cannot travel more than a few feet, so prolonged face-to-face contact is required. Other human-to-human methods of transmission include direct contact with body fluids or lesion material, and indirect contact with lesion material, such as through contaminated clothing or linens.

The reservoir host (main disease carrier) of monkeypox is still unknown although African rodents are suspected to play a part in transmission. The virus that causes monkeypox has only been recovered (isolated) twice from an animal in nature. In the first instance (1985), the virus was recovered from an apparently ill African rodent (rope squirrel) in the Equateur Region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the second (2012), the virus was recovered from a dead infant mangabey found in the Tai National Park, Cote d’Ivoire.

 

Page last reviewed:  July 16, 2021

Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology (DHCPP)

 

https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/transmission.html

 

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Nasty lesions. 
 

[njbm 2,728]

Direct contact with body fluids sounds like it is sexually transmitted. 

[MrMrsswinger 184]

I've been trying to learn how monkeypox got into America. Anyone heard?

[TricianMike 732]

2 hours ago, njbm said:

Direct contact with body fluids sounds like it is sexually transmitted. 

Or a sneeze or cough. 

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6 minutes ago, MrMrsswinger said:

I've been trying to learn how monkeypox got into America. Anyone heard?

Probably the same as covid. Travelers bring it in. 

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17 minutes ago, MrMrsswinger said:

I've been trying to learn how monkeypox got into America. Anyone heard?

I haven't read anything. It is a little surprising that general info about such a rare disease coming to America hasn't been investigated. That's journalism 101, right? That's the first question I ask...'where did it come from?' 

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1 hour ago, discreetplay said:

That's the first question I ask...'where did it come from?' 

What was it that Frank Zappa asked about the origins of HIV? “So who’s pluking the green monkeys?”   ;-D

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The CDC says rise in monkey pox among gay and bi men.