Why monkeypox affect gay men

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Yannick Simonin, a virologist and lecturer specializing in emerging viruses at the University of Montpellier. Trump and the Gaza war: Eight months of shifting strategy and unconventional diplomacy. Alain Dieckhoff: 'Israel's postwar period will put Netanyahu and his government in the hot seat'.

As of July 26, Monkeypox has not caused any deaths in Europe, but the disease is gaining ground. Mathematical modeling suggests that the risk for future outbreaks depends linearly on the level of immunity in the. Monkeypox is transmitted by direct contact, including through mucous membranes and skin lesions or by contact with contaminated surfaces or objects.

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A hundred positive cases were detected after the Gay Pride Festival at the Yumbo de Maspalomas, in the Canary Islands, while another outbreak occurred at the same time at the Darklands Festival, in Belgium, in early May.

However, monkeypox was already circulating before these events. Summary What is already known about this topic? Monkeypox does not only concern this community, even though cases are currently over-represented in it. Emmys 'Adolescence' star Owen Cooper becomes youngest winner for best supporting actor.

Monkeypox may have mutated in ways that allow it to transmit more easily, and the share of the population who have had the smallpox vaccine—which also offers some protection against monkeypox—is declining because smallpox vaccination was abandoned worldwide starting in the s.

Monkeypox (mpox) has disproportionately affected gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM); the percentage of MSM with immunity due to vaccination or infection varies among jurisdictions. Sarkozy will begin serving five-year prison sentence on October 21 in a Paris prison.

French man arrested in Slovenia for crimes committed in Croatia during war. Monkeypox does not only concern this community, even though cases are currently over-represented in it.". 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.

It can also be transmitted by respiratory droplets, at short distances and during prolonged face-to-face exposure. And other factors may have made the outbreak worse. Beyond the high risk of contamination attributed to close contact, the scientific community is closely monitoring the possible evolution of the virus into a sexually transmitted infection STI.

While anyone can get monkeypox, the current outbreak is overwhelmingly affecting sexually active gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. First, it is important to keep in mind that the SPF figures are still incomplete.

Monkeypox and gay and

Lessons for community‐based scale‐up of monkeypox vaccination from previous disease outbreaks among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in the United States. France's political instability puts Franco-German alliance to the test. While patient zero is unknown, Spanish health authorities discovered symptomatic cases in Madrid as early as April, according to the national daily El Pais.

According to emerging viruses specialist Yannick Simonin, anyone who has close physical contact with another person who has contracted monkeypox is at risk, regardless of their sexual orientation. What is added by this report? The outbreaks in Spain and Belgium could thus be at the origin of the very rapid spread of the virus within the gay community.

In addition to the symptoms usually reported in endemic areas, some patients suffer from new conditions such as angina or rectitis inflammation of the rectal mucosa. Simonin said. The question is why MSM are overrepresented among the affected.