The outbreak from monkey pox that has been detected in Spain keep going: Health has confirmed positive seven and is studying a further twenty suspicious cases in Madrid, the epicenter of the rebound in a illness that was eradicated in 1980. At the moment, all those affected are mens and young people, and the Deputy Minister of Health of the Community of Madrid, Antonio Zapaterohas reported that “two transmission chains for sexual way among men.”
Given these data, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the rest of the health authorities have rushed to report that monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted disease nor does it affect only the homosexuals. So, why does this group suffer more from the rebound of this disease?
mucosal contact
Those affected cause pictures mild either moderate and “they are all well and in their homes, isolated“, has informed the ministry. The transmission of this affectation takes place by a direct contact. The most common is by airwayface to face, and for a relatively long time, the authorities indicate.
However, the Madrid Ministry of Health points out that the contagion has been caused by mucosal contact during the practice of sexual intercourse. In this line, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States has recalled that the smallpox It was also transmitted through direct contact with infected body fluidshow is the saliva. even with contaminated targetssuch as bedding or clothing.
Taking into account that the studies about this outbreak incipientthat homosexuals are suffering more from this affectation does not have a specific reason. Therefore, the authorities and experts make a call not to stigmatize to the LGTBI collective. The only scientific pattern is that, at the moment, it affects men more than women.