Some monkeypox patients also have sexually transmitted diseases, CDC says

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some people who have been diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases may also have monkeypox.

Some patients with monkeypox had infections with other STDs. The rash of monkeypox can be similar to STDs.

According to Walensky, monkeypox cases may present similar to some sexually transmitted infections and could be mistaken for other diagnoses. She said that patients who have symptoms should be evaluated for all sexually transmitted infections.

Walensky said that health-care providers shouldn't rule out monkeypox just because a patient has another diagnosis.

According to the CDC, 45 monkeypox cases have been confirmed in the U.S. There have been no deaths. The current outbreak is not normal because the disease has been present for decades in West and Central Africa. More than 1,300 cases have been reported around the world.

The symptoms of moneypox are similar to the flu and include a high temperature, headaches, fatigue, and swelling of the scuplture. There is a rash that can spread all over the body. According to the CDC, most patients recover in a couple of weeks.

Some patients in the current outbreak have developed a rash on their genitals or anus before they experience any symptoms. Some patients developed a rash without the symptoms of the flu. The CDC director said that the rash has not spread to other parts of the body.

People with moneypox have reported physical contact with other people with the disease. It is possible for the virus to spread through direct contact with bodily fluids.

It is not known if the virus can spread through semen or vaginal fluid. The CDC doesn't know if the virus can be spread from person to person with no symptoms.

According to a CDC official, at least 75% of monkeypox patients in the U.S. have reported exposure to the virus while abroad. Most of the cases have been reported by men who have sex with men.

According to McQuiston, a few patients are unsure how they caught monkeypox, which suggests the virus might be spreading within the U.S. The CDC doesn't know where there is an outbreak in the U.S.

There are occasional cases that are not sure how they got monkeypox. They probably got it from someone who recently traveled, but they aren't sure.

McQuiston said that Montreal has reported an outbreak. Montreal is located across the border from New York state.

When people have face-to-face contact, monkeypox can be spread through respiratory droplets. The virus isn't thought to linger in the air or be transmitted through short periods of shared airspace. She said that monkeys don't spread the disease from touching the same item.

The White House has not reported airborne transmission of mokeypox. Respiratory droplets quickly fall to the ground while aerosol particles can linger in the air for a long time. The reason Covid-19 is so infectious is due to the fact that it spreads through aerosol particles.

According to Panjabi, the federal government has delivered 1,400 vaccine courses for people who have had high-risk exposure. The US has performed 300 tests for orthopox so far. If a person tests positive for orthopox, they are presumed to have monkeypox until the CDC confirms the diagnosis.

Panjabi said on the call that they were working to make testing through public health labs more convenient and expand testing beyond public health labs.

Dawn O'Connell, who leads the Health and Human Services office responsible for inventory, said that the U.S. currently has 72,000 doses of the vaccine Jynneos. O'Connell said that another 300,000 doses would be sent to the U.S.

Jynneos is a vaccine approved by the FDA to protect against monkeypox in people over the age of 18. The US has more than 100 million doses of the ACAM2000 vaccine that can prevent monkeypox. Moneypox is milder than smallpox in the same family.

The vaccine ACAM2000 can have serious side effects so the CDC recommends Jynneos. In case of a public health emergency, the U.S. does not currently have enough Jynneos doses in the supply chain. The Jynneos vaccine is only being given to people who will benefit the most from it. She said that ACAM2000 has a role to play in helping to maintain an adequate supply of Jynneos for those who need it.