2022
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202207.0314.v1
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Monkeypox and its Possible Sexual Transmission: Where are we now with its evidence?

Abstract: Monkeypox is a rare disease which is rising nowadays in different countries since the first case in the UK was diagnosed on May 6, 2022, by the United Kingdom (UK) Health Security Agency. Then more than 12,500 cases were identified in over 68 countries up to July 18, 2022. In endemic areas, the monkeypox virus (MPXV) is commonly transmitted through zoonosis, while in non-endemic regions, it is spread through human-to-human transmission. Symptoms can include flu-like symptoms, rash, or sores in hands, feet, gen… Show more

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“…Nowadays, however, starting with the end of April and the beginning of May 2022, we are facing an unusual, unexpected out-African outbreak of monkeypox infections worldwide, with mysterious/undocumented and difficult to understand links for such a large geographic spread. In the current outbreak, no apparent links between most of the cases of monkeypox infection could be found [38]. Actually, a recent theory for the current extended geographic spread of the monkeypox virus suggests that the medical attention and resources focused on COVID-19 could have led to poorer monkeypox surveillance, diagnosis, and prevention [4].…”
Section: Current Out-african Monkeypox Outbreakmentioning
confidence: 94%
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“…Nowadays, however, starting with the end of April and the beginning of May 2022, we are facing an unusual, unexpected out-African outbreak of monkeypox infections worldwide, with mysterious/undocumented and difficult to understand links for such a large geographic spread. In the current outbreak, no apparent links between most of the cases of monkeypox infection could be found [38]. Actually, a recent theory for the current extended geographic spread of the monkeypox virus suggests that the medical attention and resources focused on COVID-19 could have led to poorer monkeypox surveillance, diagnosis, and prevention [4].…”
Section: Current Out-african Monkeypox Outbreakmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Since then, the number of non-African monkeypox infection cases has increased worldwide, initially with occasional reports in the UK, Israel, the US, and Singapore, mostly linked to travel to the African continent and household interactions [7,8,18,23,25,30]. However, from its first human description until now, probably due to the wane in the immunity conferred by the smallpox vaccine, especially in the young, non-vaccinated individuals, there has been a gradual increase in the number of monkeypox infections as reported by the African countries [4,6,11,12,16,23,25,29,38].…”
Section: First Isolation and History (Transmission Routes)mentioning
confidence: 99%
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