Spanish researchers say that the monkeypox virus, also known as pridepox, could live in all sorts of bodily fluids such as saliva, urine, blood, and semen. Patients with the alleged disease, nearly all of whom are men who have sex with men, could be harboring pridepox in their moisture elements, which we are now being […]
Researchers in Spain have found high viral loads in the saliva, semen, urine and other samples taken from verified monkeypox patients. The study was published in the journal Eurosurveillance. [.]
Viral DNA can be frequently detected in different clinical samples from monkeypox-infected patients, including saliva and semen, according to a new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the "la Caixa" Foundation, and the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona.