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How Does Monkeypox Spread? An Epidemiologist Explains Why It Isn’t an STI and What Counts as Close Contact  


Author:  Rebecca S.B. Fischer.


Source: Volume 23, Number 04, Fall 2022 , pp.83-83(1)




Correctional Health Care Report

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Abstract: 

An epidemiologist explains what’s currently known about how monkeypox is transmitted, why it is not considered an STI even though it can be spread during sex, and effective ways to protect yourself and others from infection.

Keywords: Monkeypox Virus Transmission and Symptoms; Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)

Affiliations:  1: Texas A&M University .

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