Peer-Reviewed Study Finds Monkeypox Primarily Transmitted Sexually by Men

The first major peer-reviewed study of monkeypox infections has found that the virus is primarily being transmitted through the sexual activity of gay and bisexual men in the United States and around the world.

The Journal of New England Medicine on Thursday published a study that looked at monkeypox infection across 16 countries between April and June, when cases began to emerge in countries outside of Africa.

Of these cases, 95 percent of the infections were suspected to have been transmitted through sexual activity-41 percent also had HIV. Disease experts and officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention don't consider monkeypox a sexually transmitted infection but have always said it could be transmitted through intimate contact, such as sex.

The leading theory among disease experts is that the monkeypox virus was sexually transmitted at those events.

Alexander expressed concern that bisexual men could facilitate the spreading of the monkeypox virus outside of the LGBT community to heterosexuals.

"If heterosexuals engage in anal sex and one is infected with monkeypox or another , the other will get infected if there is tissue tearing."

Although monkeypox infection generally clears up within a couple of weeks without the need for medical treatment, it has hospitalized some who experience severe anorectal pain, severe sore throats, and acute kidney injury.

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