Expert: Monkey line may have spread through sexual relations

Dr. David Heymann, former director of the emergency department at the World Health Organization, told the Associated Press news agency that the release of months ago may have spread through dangerous sexual activity at two recent mass holidays in Europe. He said the main theory to explain the spread of the disease was transmission through sexual relations between gay and bisexual men at two musical parties held in Spain and Belgium. Beyond Africa, where there is a vascular disease in animals, monkey leaves are not widespread.

We know that a monkey's drop can spread when it has close contact with the wounds of someone who is infected. Apparently, sexual contact has now expanded the” infection, Heymann said.

This marks a significant difference from the typical way the disease spread in central and western Africa, where humans are infected mainly by wild animals such as rodents and primats and the outbreaks of the virus have not gone beyond borders.

A German government report on lawmakers, provided by the Associated Press, says more cases are expected and that the risk of being infected with monkeypox seems to stem primarily from sexual relations between men.

The four confirmed cases in Germany are related to exposure in <x0 festival concertes, including the Canary Islands and Berlin, where sexual activity has been”, the report says.

To date, the World Health Organization has recorded more than 90 cases of monkey smallpox in several countries, including Britain, Spain, Israel, France, Switzerland, the United States, and Australia.

On Monday, Denmark announced its first case, Portugal said there were 37 cases, and Italy reported another infection. Health officials in Madrid said Monday that the Spanish capital so far had 30 confirmed cases. Madrid's top health official, Enrice Ruiz Escudero, said authorities are investigating possible links between a festival event in the Canary Islands, “Gay Pride”, with over 80,000 participants, as well as a steam bath in Madrid.

Heyman headed an emergency meeting of O'O Council Group on Friday The U.S. for threats of infectious diseases to assess the epidemic, and said there was no evidence suggesting the mutation of monkeypox in a more infectious form.

Monkey line usually causes fever, frying, and rashes on the face or on the genital organs. It may spread through close contact with an infected person, his clothes, or his sheets, but sexual transmission has not yet been documented.

Most people recover from the disease within weeks without having to be hospitalized. Antiviral vaccines, related diseases, are also effective in preventing monkeypox while there are research into the production of certain antiviral drugs.

In recent years, the disease has claimed the lives of about 6% of the infected, but so far there are no reports of death among the actual cases. Experts warn that mass gatherings, festivals and summer holidays can speed up the spread of monkey oak.