After a guy returned from a five-day vacation in Spain and sought medical treatment for a sore throat, it was discovered that he was also concurrently afflicted with the coronavirus, HIV, and monkeypox. This was the first instance of its kind.
Nine days after returning from his vacation, when he had unprotected intercourse, the patient, an Italian man, began to experience a number of symptoms, including exhaustion, fever, and a sore throat.
The 36-year-old guy, who has not been recognized, also had a little enlargement of the liver and spleen as well as a painful expansion of the lymph nodes, according to researchers at the University of Catania in Italy.
The individual apparently received two doses of Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine for the coronavirus.
The researchers published their findings in the Journal of Infection and said that the patient had admitted to receiving syphilis treatment in 2019. They included the following caution to their report:
“Our situation highlights the possibility that sexual activity might be the main method of transmission. Therefore, following a diagnosis of monkey pox, comprehensive STI screening is advised. Since our patient’s CD4 count was intact and he tested positive for HIV-1, we may infer that the infection was recent.”
The researchers noted that this is the first instance of monkeypox virus, coronavirus, and HIV co-infection that has been documented. They added that there is currently insufficient data to support the claim that this combination may make the patient’s condition worse.
Individually, the three viruses are present in 632.4 million people.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) verified last week that a dog had contracted monkeypox via human contact, according to Breitbart News, and this instance of the sick Italian tourist follows suit.
Dr. Rosamund Lewis, technical head on the monkeypox response team at the World Health Organization, commented on the first human-to-dog transmission of the virus and said the case should be taken seriously as a warning to others.
“This is the first incidence of human-to-animal transmission that has been documented. We assume this is the first time a canine has been afflicted, since it has not previously been documented,” Lewis said.
A French study last week in the medical journal Lancet about an Italian greyhound that contracted the virus while living with two homosexual owners in Paris brought additional attention to the illness.
According to the AP, the dog belonged to a couple who claimed to sleep in the same bed as the household pet.
World Health Organization (W.H.O.) director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has also advised gay and bisexual men at risk of contracting monkeypox to cut down on their number of sexual partners “for the present.”
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