Two #smallpox #vaccines may be used for #monkeypox: efficacy unknown. In the U.S. now the Norwegian JYNNEOS 2-dose vax is used for #MPX but it's assumed prior ACAM2000 Sanofi smallpox vax protects.
Here, the case of an ACAM2000-vaxed man who got MPX.
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wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28…
Here, the case of an ACAM2000-vaxed man who got MPX.
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wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28…
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"We report a patient in Washington who contracted #monkeypox despite being successfully immunized against #smallpox with the ACAM2000 #vaccine 8 years earlier.
The patient was a previously healthy 34-year-old man who had sex with men...came to a clinic because of..."
"We report a patient in Washington who contracted #monkeypox despite being successfully immunized against #smallpox with the ACAM2000 #vaccine 8 years earlier.
The patient was a previously healthy 34-year-old man who had sex with men...came to a clinic because of..."
3/ "...a 4-day history of malaise, fatigue & headache & 4 painless penile lesions.
"...this case highlights that #vaccination alone does not guarantee immunity from #monkeypox. Public health leaders should taper expectations that vaccination alone will end the outbreak."
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"...this case highlights that #vaccination alone does not guarantee immunity from #monkeypox. Public health leaders should taper expectations that vaccination alone will end the outbreak."
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Unlike #HIV & most STDs, #MPX #monkeypox can't be blocked assuredly with condoms, as virus spreads from sores not necessarily on the penis. Evidence suggests the #smallpox #vaccines are only partially protective against infection. Stopping MPX requires new norms of "safe sex".
Unlike #HIV & most STDs, #MPX #monkeypox can't be blocked assuredly with condoms, as virus spreads from sores not necessarily on the penis. Evidence suggests the #smallpox #vaccines are only partially protective against infection. Stopping MPX requires new norms of "safe sex".
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