Italian scientists have reported that monkeypox virus may be present in semen. They also
The presence of the virus in the semen was confirmedresearchers from the Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Rome, the San Donato Hospital in Arezzo and the Umberto I Polyclinic in Rome. They studied four patients with monkeypox. All were young men under 30 years of age who practiced same-sex sex. They showed the following symptoms: fever, asthenia, itchy papules with a serous secretion, including on the genitals.
Scientists have concluded that the infection is transmittedpredominantly with very close contact, including sexual. In May, the WHO warned that monkeypox was spreading in communities of gay and bisexual men. At the same time, the organization clarified that anyone can become infected, regardless of sexual orientation.