Can monkeypox be transmitted asymptomatically?

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With more than 14,000 monkeypox cases reported in more than 70 countries and territories mostly since May, the World Health...

"We don't know as yet, but asymptomatic cases of monkeypox have been described during this outbreak, which is novel in the sense that we had previously assumed that virtually all monkeypox cases would have symptoms and the rash," said Prof Hsu.

When asked the same question, Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian, the director of the high-level isolation unit at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases , said:"We never say never in medicine, but most monkeypox cases are spread by close skin-to-skin contact, and through contaminated bedding."

 

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