LONDON (AP) -- A leading adviser to the World Health Organization described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as "a random event" that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe.
In an interview with The
Associated Press, Dr. David Heymann, who formerly headed WHO's emergencies
department, said the leading theory to explain the spread of the disease was
sexual transmission among gay and bisexual men at two raves held in Spain and
Belgium. Monkeypox has not previously triggered widespread outbreaks beyond
Africa, where it is endemic in animals.
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