Wednesday, 15 June 2022 – 04:26 WIB
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VIVA – Scientists discover monkeypox virus or monkey pox detected in air mani in several patients in Italy on Monday 13 June 2022. This raises the question that the suspected contagion disease this can be done during intercourse sexual.
The monkeypox virus is known to spread through close contact with an infected person, and can be transmitted through characteristic skin lesions or droplets of saliva.
Launching from The SundailyTuesday, June 14, 2022, many confirmed cases of monkeypox occur in sexual partners who have had close contact.
However, sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV/AIDS, chlamydia, and syphilis are understood to be caused by pathogens that are passed from one person to the next especially in semen, vaginal fluids or other bodily fluids.
Researchers at the Spallanzani Institute, a hospital and facility Infectious disease research in Rome first highlighted evidence of monkeypox virus in semen in four patients in Italy in a report on 2 June 2022.
They have since identified six of the seven patients at the facility with semen containing the viral genetic material.
In particular, a laboratory-tested sample from one patient showed that the virus found in his semen was capable of infecting other people and replicating.
“The data, which are being submitted for publication, do not sufficiently prove that the biological nature of the virus has changed, so that the mode of transmission has evolved,” said Francesco Vaia, the institute’s general director.
“However, having infectious virus in semen is a factor that strongly supports the hypothesis that sexual transmission is one way of transmitting this virus,” he added.
Vaia said the World Health Organization had been notified of the latest findings. But the UN agency could not immediately be reached for further comment.
The data comes as more than 1,300 cases of the viral disease have been reported by about 30 countries, mostly in Europe, since early May. Most cases have been reported in men who have sex with men.
The outbreak has sparked concern as the virus is rarely seen outside of Africa, where it is endemic, and most cases are not linked to travel to the continent.
Scientists are scrambling to understand what is driving the current outbreak, its origins, and whether anything about the virus has changed.
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