The U.S. has recorded 45 monkeypox cases since early May, but some have presented with very mild rashes or what looks like a pimple or blister.
that around 1 percent of people who’ve contracted this strain have died in the past, compared to up to 10 percent of people who contract the Congo Basin strain.
But in other cases, the rash has not caused much discomfort. Dr. Stuart Isaacs, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, said there might be something about the West African strain itself that produces milder illness than its counterpart. "It's nearly impossible to separate the skin-to-skin contact from the sexual contact from the face-to-face contact as the reason for transmission," Walensky said, adding,"We do not yet know whether the virus may be spread through contact with semen or vaginal fluids."
Vaccines can protect against monkeypoxExisting smallpox vaccines work well against monkeypox, Isaacs said. The vaccines can even prevent people from contracting the disease or developing symptoms if administered shortly after exposure.
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