The first recorded case of a person passing monkeypox to a dog could be a harbinger of other animals catching the sometimes disfiguring and deadly virus. If that happens, monkeypox could establish animal reservoirs outside of Africa for the first time.
Two men in France appear to have spread monkeypox to their Italian greyhound, researchers report August 10 in the Lancet. The men reported letting the dog sleep in bed with them.
Monkeypox can spread through skin-to-skin contact, such as the intimate contact that happens during sex. Even more casual contact such as dancing in close confines can spread the virus, an Aug. 15 study in Emerging Infectious Diseases suggests. So can contact with objects an infected person has used, including bedding and clothing. Infectious monkeypox viruses linger more often on such soft, porous materials than on hard surfaces, researchers report August 11 in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Some 60 percent of soft goods and 5 percent of hard surfaces tested still carried viable virus for at least 15 days, the team found.
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