A man was diagnosed with monkeypox after he attended an outdoor event.
The majority of people in the current outbreak have been bitten by a monkey.
The report's author said that the case shouldn't be cause for concern.
A man who hadn't had sex for months was diagnosed with monkeypox after attending a crowded outdoor event.
A man in his twenties from the US developed a rash after attending a large, crowded outdoor event in the UK.
He was diagnosed with monkeypox. The man had no other typical monkeypox symptoms. There are a number of symptoms that can include a sore throat, a swollen sputum, and a rash on the genitals.
The majority of the monkeypox cases reported since May outside areas where the disease is endemic have been in gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.
According to the report, the man who was identified as bisexual told doctors in the ER that he hadn't had sex in three months.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, anyone can catch monkeypox, including by rubbing against a monkeypox rash with bare skin.
The current outbreak of the virus is mostly spread through close contact, although it is not a sexually transmitted disease, according to experts.
In an interview before the report was published, a senior researcher at the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford, UK, said that the risk of transmission increases with the length of time spent with an infectious person.
The lead author of the report told the San Francisco Chronicle that the case shouldn't be a cause for concern.
He said that the majority of transmission is through high-risk sexual networks.
The man attended an event that was not primarily attended by men who have sex with men, where he danced close to others in sleeveless tops and shorts for a few hours at a time. The report stated that he wore pants and a shirt. Over the course of four days, he went to other outdoor events.
"Rubbing up against someone partially clothed in a mosh pit over several hours could increase the risk, but the risk of an average concert attendee having monkeypox is fairly low at the moment," said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a professor of medicine and an infectious disease specialist at the
The man traveled on public trains and took two flights.
With a short transit ride, Chin-Hong said that surfaces were not a great way to catch monkeypox.
According to Neal, air filters make airplanes even safer than the subway or buses.
The man's symptoms went away without any treatment after 26 days.
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