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The WHO's assessment does seem to suggest that it may be sexually transmitted but doesn't explicitly state it. Here's what they state: "The clinical presentat
by Jeema101 4y ago
The WHO's assessment does seem to suggest that it may be sexually transmitted but doesn't explicitly state it. Here's what they state:
"The clinical presentation is often atypical, with few lesions localized to the genital, perineal/perianal or peri-oral area that do not spread further, and an asynchronous rash that appears prior to the development of a prodromal phase (i.e. lymphadenopathy, fever, malaise)." [1]
[1] https://www.who.int/news/item/25-06-2022-meeting-of-the-international-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee--regarding-the-multi-country-monkeypox-outbreak https://www.who.int/news/item/25-06-2022-meeting-of-the-inte...
- foldr 4y agoIt may be. I am not saying the possibility can be ruled out, only that we don't know at present. The WHO doesn't explicitly state that it's sexually transmitted because they don't know that it is, and neither does anyone else. For example, the 'atypicality' of the presentation could simply be a consequence of MSM who are used to getting sexual health checkups being more comfortable with showing their genital sores to a doctor or nurse than other population groups. I'm not sure if the presence of genital lesions is necessarily even a good indicator that transmission was via sex. See e.g. https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/4/4/ofx168/4588539 https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/4/4/ofx168/4588539