Health officials are warning people who are infected with monkeypox to stay away from household pets. 9News
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for months has had the advice in place as monkeypox spreads in the US.
But it gained new attention after a report from France, published last week in the medical journal Lancet, about an Italian greyhound that caught the virus.An image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a colourised transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles found within an infected cell , cultured in a laboratory.The two men were infected with monkeypox after having sex with other partners and wound up with lesions and other symptoms.
Monkeypox infections have been detected in rodents and other wild animals, which can spread the virus to humans. But the authors called it the first report of monkeypox infection in a domesticated animal like a dog or cat. Pets that come in close contact with a symptomatic person should be kept at home and away from other animals and people for 21 days after the most recent contact, the CDC advises.
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