On how the infection of monkeypox can be transmitted, further clarification comes from the Order of Doctors, which reiterated that sexual is not the only possible mode of transmission. The clarification comes after the finding that “man-to-man transmission characterizes a large part of the cases encountered”, said the director of Spallanzani Francesco Vaia while explaining: “It cannot be defined as a disease sexually transmitted and which particularly affects homosexuals. At the moment we know that it concerns close contacts ». Words in line with the indications that have emerged so far from the ECDC and the WHO, which have in any case sparked controversy, in particular on the part of the Gay party.
The clarification of the Medici
In the section “Doctor but is it true that …?” of the Federation of Medical Orders it is explained that the monkeypox infection: “can result from close contact with respiratory secretions, skin lesions of an infected person or recently contaminated objects – it is explained – and the transmission through respiratory particles of the droplets usually require prolonged face-to-face contact, which puts health professionals or family members of active cases at greater risk. According to the doctors’ report, the longest documented series of infections in a community so far: “was six consecutive infections from person to person. Transmission can also occur via the placenta from mother to fetus (congenital monkeypox). ‘