Monkeypox, excellent news
June 19, 2026
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Summary
Monkeypox
New Microbes and New Infections
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9375638/
it is believed that African squirrels and other rodents might be the primary reservoirs
Current epidemiological situation as of 10 October 2022
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monkeypox-outbreak-epidemiological-overview/monkeypox-outbreak-epidemiological-overview-11-october-2022
Confirmed cases, 3,523
Highly probable cases, 150
Scotland, 94
Northern Ireland, 34
Wales, 46
England, 3,499
Cases were confirmed in England from 6 May 2022
The outbreak has mainly been in gay, bisexual, and men who have sex with men,
without documented history of travel to endemic countries.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monkeypox-outbreak-technical-briefings/investigation-into-monkeypox-outbreak-in-england-technical-briefing-8
Level 2
Transmission within a defined sub-population.
Out of 3,390 cases with known gender,
99% are men, and there are 45 women.
Nowcast and growth
Incidence remains low.
Multiple factors in reduction
Vaccination, (moderate confidence)
Behavioural modification, (low confidence)
(Reduction in some other sexually transmitted infections)
Route of transmission
Close or sexual contact
Monkeypox virus has been detected in air and environmental samples
(hospital room of infected patients)
No confirmed instances of airborne transmission
Limited household transmission
Assessment (confidence): Transmitting primarily through close or sexual contact (moderate)
Observed clinical severity
No reported deaths in the UK
Morbidity amongst people admitted to hospital, severe pain, secondary bacterial infection
Encephalitis, reported, appears uncommon
US situation
https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/us-map.html
Confirmed cases, as of 11th October 2022 = 26,778
Vaccinations = 873,552
(as of 4th October)
UK ethnicity data
US Ethnic mix
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/982173?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=127834AR&impID=4739080&faf=1
Kaiser Family Foundation
https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/national-data-show-continuing-disparities-in-mpx-monkeypox-cases-and-vaccinations-among-black-and-hispanic-people/