Quoting Heymann, the report said that monkeypox can spread when there is close contact with the lesions of someone who is infected, and it looks like sexual contact has now amplified that transmission. Sexual Contact Has Now Amplified Transmission: Heymann However, some individuals can suffer from severe illness.
Most people recover from monkeypox within a few weeks as it is usually a mild self-limiting illness. Monkeypox is a rare zoonotic disease (infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans or from humans to animals) caused by infection with monkeypox virus, and does not spread easily between people. Earlier, the monkeypox virus did not trigger widespread outbreaks behind Africa, where it is endemic in animals, an AP report said.
New Delhi: The unprecedented outbreak of monkeypox, the rare disease from Africa, in developed countries could have been caused by 'risky sexual behaviour' at two recent mass rave parties in Europe, according to a leader adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO), The Associated Press (AP) reported.ĭr David Heymann, who formerly headed WHO's emergencies department, said in an interview with AP that the leading theory to explain the spread of monkeypox was sexual transmission among gay and bisexual men at two rave parties held in Spain and Belgium.
