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New data has found that about 99 percent of the monkeys ' smallpox cases in the United Kingdom are among men, where 43 new cases were confirmed today, bringing the total number to 366.

A report by the United Kingdom Health Safety Agency found that 81 percent of the infected live in London.

The average age of cases confirmed in the United Kingdom was 38-year-old, reports The Sun, broadcasts Clankosova.tv.

Health officials conducted interviews and discovered that 151 of the 152 men interviewed were identified as homosexuals, bisexuals, or men who had sexual relations with the same sex.

Monkey smallpox is not considered a sexually transmitted infection, however, data suggests this is the main way of spreading the virus.