Monkeypox Is Not a Sexually Transmitted Disease: A Public Health Concern and Avoidance of Myths

Govinda Khatri; Zoia Ehsan Khattak; Muhammad Hammad Butt; Irfan Ullah

doi:10.1017/dmp.2022.237

Monkeypox Is Not a Sexually Transmitted Disease: A Public Health Concern and Avoidance of Myths

Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2022 Nov 2:17:e253. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2022.237.

Authors

Govinda Khatri¹, Zoia Ehsan Khattak², Muhammad Hammad Butt^{3

4}, Irfan Ullah^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
² Khyber Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan.
³ Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 75123, Sweden.
⁴ Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
⁵ Kabir Medical College, Gandhara University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
⁶ Institute of Public Health and Social Science (IPH&SS), Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.

PMID: 36321354
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2022.237

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Monkeypox; human immunodeficiency virus; monkeypox virus; myths; personal protective equipment; public health concern; sexually transmitted disease.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Humans
Mpox, Monkeypox*
Public Health
Sexually Transmitted Diseases* / prevention & control