The number of monkeypox cases around the world continues to grow, with infections detected in several more European countries. Australia recorded its first cases on Friday. 7NEWS
have been reported across eight European countries, an unprecedented outbreak of a disease that rarely spreads outside central and western Africa.See the symptoms of monkeypox in the video player aboveThe growing case tally has raised questions among disease experts about the nature of monkeypox’s transmission, since many of the patients have no history of travel to Africa or known exposure to an infected person.
Until now, most infections occurred among people who’d been exposed to an infected animal through bites, scratches or the preparation of meat from wild game, experts said. From past instances of human-to-human transmission, scientists have learned that the virus spreads through the exchange of large respiratory droplets or via direct contact with bodily fluids, lesions that form during infection, or contaminated items like clothing or bedding.
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