Monkeypox cause for concern, not panic as nation braces for more cases | MeljCunningham
Australian men who contracted monkeypox are being urged to wear a condom during sex for about two months after their lesions heal.
Grulich said preliminary data showed, while other modes of transmission were possible and anyone could be infected, the virus didn’t appear to spread well through non-sexual routes. “If it was being transmitted on buses or in other crowded environments like dance floors, then we would have seen transmission to women and heterosexual men across the world, and it’s just not happening,” Grulich said.
Typically, monkeypox causes fever, chills, rash and lesions on the face or genitals. Most people recover within several weeks without requiring hospitalisation.
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