He added that while the person has the lesions, they must be isolated in their room with the appropriate personal hygiene measures in order to interrupt the transmission.
It seems that monkeypox or simian pox has created a stigma in society which must be combated, we refer to homosexuality, since worldwide statistics show a higher prevalence of this disease in people of the same sex, mainly men who have sex with another man, however, it is not an infection that only affects this group, as has been previously stated, as explained by the scientific researcher and general secretary of Senacyt, Dr. Eduardo Ortega-Barría.
He stressed that what is happening in this current outbreak is because the outbreak originated at that beginning, but it is not that it will only affect this population. “It is important not to discriminate against this population because this disease can be controlled with traditional public health measures and traceability,” he said.
He added that while the person has the lesions, they must be isolated in their room with the appropriate personal hygiene measures in order to interrupt the transmission.
The doctor pointed out that monkeypox is endemic and the lethality is lower, highlighting that the person ceases to be infectious when all the scabs have fallen off. At the same time, he noted that the behavior of the current outbreak worldwide has been clinically benign.
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