Monkeypox only gay people
Monkeypox and gay men: Separating stigma from health advice
BBC News
A large proportion of monkeypox cases diagnosed in the UK are among gay and bisexual person men.
Doctors and public-health experts have spoken to the BBC about the "delicate balance" of keeping those currently most at uncertainty informed, without stigmatising them or letting others develop complacent.
Does monkeypox spread faster among gay and bisexual men?
The brief answer is no. Anyone can be infected by monkeypox.
The virus is not a sexually transmitted infection. It's mostly caught through close physical skin-to-skin contact, which is why it can be spread to sexual partners.
But with most confirmed cases among men who possess sex with men, doctors are encouraging this team to be particularly attentive to symptoms.
Mateo Prochazka, an epidemiologist from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said: "The infections are not about sexuality. We are concerned about monkeypox in general, as a public thre
Monkeypox: Why are gay and bisexual men more affected?
Regardless of sexual orientation, the main factor of propagation remains the multiplicity of sexual partners.
As of July 26, Monkeypox has not caused any deaths in Europe, but the disease is gaining ground. With nearly 17, cases worldwide, World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus triggered the utmost level of alert on monkeypox on July
Santé Publique France (SPF), France's public health agency, has recorded 1, patients in the country since May. 3% of those acquire been hospitalized. This epidemic differs from the waves observed so far in a dozen African countries, notably in the patients' profile: almost exclusively men, most of them males who have sex with males, known as "MSM" in the scientific community.
Read moreMonkeypox: How is it transmitted and what are the symptoms?
The question is why MSM are overrepresented among the affected. First, it is important to keep in mind that the SPF figures are still incomplete. Screening is just starting and complicated by the
mpox (Monkeypox): What You Need to Know
The CDC has raised the alert level on a mpox (monkeypox) outbreak in the United States and HHS announced that it will be ramping up testing and a vaccine distribution for those most at-risk, which includes some members of the Homosexual community and people living with HIV.
mpox is a disease that can produce you sick, including a rash, which may look appreciate pimples or blisters, often with an earlier flu-like illness. While the current outbreak in the U.S. has tall rates of acknowledged cases among same-sex attracted and bisexual men and transgender and non-binary people, this virus is not limited by gender or sexuality and can spread to anyone, anywhere through close, personal, often skin-to-skin contact.
Health officials and advocates are urging people to seek treatment and available prevention options, including vaccines when available.
What You Need to Realize
mpox (monkeypox) is a disease caused by the mpox virus, which is in the matching family as smallpox, although much less severe. Its designate is characterized by the pox illness that occurs upon infec
Since early May, more than 23, cases of monkeypox have been reported worldwide. This is the largest ever global outbreak of the disease.
Cases have now been reported in 78 countries including the UK, Spain, Germany, France, the US and Brazil. Given the scale of the outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) has now declared the current monkeypox epidemic a global health emergency.
While anyone can acquire monkeypox, the current outbreak is overwhelmingly affecting sexually active same-sex attracted, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. In fact, our recent study which looked at monkeypox infections since the start of the outbreak found that 98% of these infections had occurred in this group. Here’s what these men need to know.
How it spreads
Monkeypox is a disease caused by infection with the human monkeypox virus, which comes from the same virus family as smallpox. In fact, symptoms are quite similar to smallpox and comprise fever, headache, muscle aches, chills, cold symptoms (such as a cough or sore throat).
Symptoms are also accompanied by a rash that appears in blisters on the