Monkeypox outbreak in Europe may be linked to “risky behavior” gay and bisexual – WHO expert
Washington Post: WHO adviser David Heymann explains monkeypox outbreak in Europe “risky sexual behavior” gay and bisexual raves in Spain and Belgium.
Authorities are also investigating a possible connection between the spread of infection and gay pride in the Canary Islands. (on the picture), attended by about 80 thousands of people, and “cases” in Madrid sauna, which has since been temporarily closed..
In Africa, monkeypox mainly spread among animals - rodents and primates., but in Europe and the United States, transmission could be enhanced by sexual contact. To date, cases have been reported in the United States., Great Britain, Spain, Israel, Portugal, Denmark and several other countries.
Before that, there were several outbreaks of this infectious disease in Europe. – including in the UK, Portugal, Spain, Italy, France and Belgium.
Cases of monkeypox in humans have so far been known mainly in parts of Africa.. current, identified in European countries, as well as in the USA and Canada, variant of the virus is considered West African, causing a milder course of the disease, than the Central African option. Physicians are concerned, how the infection is transmitted. Robert Koch Institute (RKI) already called for increased vigilance.
gay men are at risk of contracting monkeypox due to a new way of transmitting the virus. The day before at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) declared, that monkeypox can be transmitted through close contact with an infected, as well as in contact with his clothes or bed linen. Previously, this virus was spread by airborne droplets and household contact..
What are the symptoms of monkeypox?
Monkeypox in humans causes a skin rash with purulent pimples and blisters, which break after a while, and in their place form scabs, occasionally turning into scars, that persist throughout life.
The rash looks different depending on the phase of the disease and may resemble that of chickenpox or syphilis.. After about three to four weeks, the disease subsides.. Only in very rare cases – usually in young children – it leads to death.
The incubation period for monkeypox is 7 to 21 day, but symptoms usually appear after 10-14 days. Then, in addition to a skin rash, a headache may appear., muscle and back pain, fever, chills, exhaustion of the body and enlarged lymph nodes.
