Monkeypox is now a health emergency, according to the WHO. Here’s what you need to know about the virus, including symptoms and how to protect yourself against it.
. Symptoms can progress to a rash with red raised bumps on the skin, which then turns into pus-filled blisters before eventually drying out and falling off.
says more than 99% of people infected can expect to survive. But getting infected can be a very painful experience, especially depending on where on the body you develop lesions, Prins says.through prolonged skin-to-skin contact with an infected person who has a lesion. It can also spread through body fluids, contaminated bed sheets, clothing and other materials.
. The organization noted that most of reported cases are in men, often those who identify as gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. Transgender people and sex workers may also be at some risk, the WHO added., a faculty member at the University of Minnesota Medical School's division of pediatric infectious diseases.
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