Eurosurv. The risk of reverse zoonotic transmission to pet animals during the current global monkeypox outbreak, United Kingdom, June to mid-September

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• Wendi Shepherd[SUP]1[/SUP] , Philippa M Beard[SUP]2[/SUP] , Sharon M Brookes[SUP]3[/SUP] , Andrew Frost[SUP]3[/SUP] , Helen Roberts[SUP]4[/SUP] , Katherine Russell[SUP]1[/SUP] , Steve Wyllie[SUP]3[/SUP]

We report results of surveillance between June and mid-September 2022 of pet animals living in households of confirmed human monkeypox (MPX) cases. Since surveillance commenced, 154 animals from 40 households with a confirmed human MPX case were reported to the United Kingdom Animal and Plant Health Agency. No animals with clinical signs of MPX were identified. While a risk of transmission exists to pets from owners with a confirmed MPX virus infection, we assess this risk to be low.



https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.39.2200758#html_fulltext