{"id":12039,"date":"2024-08-29T09:04:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T09:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=12039"},"modified":"2024-08-29T09:23:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T09:23:39","slug":"how-does-mpox-spread-and-who-is-most-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=12039","title":{"rendered":"How Does Mpox Spread, and Who Is Most at Risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here\u2019s what scientists have learned about the virus, which was recently declared a global health emergency.<\/p>\n

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This month, the World Health Organization declared mpox<\/a> a global health emergency. The virus, formerly known as monkeypox, is spreading quickly in parts of Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/a> The outbreak there has been fueled by a new clade, or version, of the virus that has also been discovered in Sweden<\/a> and Thailand.<\/a><\/p>\n

The fast-evolving situation has led to anxiety and confusion about who is at risk of infection, and how the virus spreads. \u201cI can understand why there\u2019s concern,\u201d said Dr. Taimur Khan, associate medical research director at Fenway Health, a medical center in Boston. But, he added, \u201cit\u2019s not like we\u2019re being caught off guard in the same way that we were with Covid-19. It\u2019s a virus that we are familiar with, to a certain extent, and we have tools already.\u201d<\/p>\n

We asked Dr. Khan and other experts to answer common questions about the virus.<\/p>\n