Prognosis
Sexual Health Clinics Need Resources on Monkeypox, Study Shows
Suspected monkeypox samples at microbiology laboratory, in Madrid.
Photographer: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images
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Health officials should review how they define monkeypox cases and urgently provide more resources to sexual health clinics, researchers said, as new infections climb across Europe.
The first study of 54 monkeypox patients in the UK found that their symptoms differed from those seen in previous outbreaks and can potentially be mistaken for other infections, such as herpes and syphilis, increasing the risk of misdiagnosis.