Sexual transmission is not the only mode of transmission of monkeypox
.
It can be read in a focus that the
Federation of Medical Orders
published on its website in the information area for citizens "Doctor but is it true that ..?".
The clarification comes to clarify after some declarations by health institutions on the contagion between homosexual men and also in order to avoid the stigma to the community.
"The infection can result from close contact with respiratory secretions, skin lesions of an infected person or recently contaminated objects
- he explains - and transmission through respiratory particles of the
droplets usually requires prolonged face-to-face contact.
which puts health personnel or family members of active cases at greater risk.
The longest documented chain of transmission in a community was six successive person-to-person infections.
Transmission can also occur via the placenta from mother to fetus (congenital monkeypox)
. "Exactly one year ago, on May 25, 2021, the UK notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of a case of monkeypox. confirmed in the laboratory. The patient arrived in Great Britain on May 8, 2021 after living and working in the Delta state, Nigeria. An increased frequency of cases was then recorded in May 2022.
