What you need to know about mpox (monkeypox)

Mpox (monkeypox) is a virus that can be spread from animal to human, but also between people.

Recently, an unusually large number of cases have been confirmed in many countries.

Transmission seems to have happened mainly through sex between men who have sex with men, but all channels of transmission are not yet understood.

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