The risk of reverse zoonotic transmission to pet animals during the current global monkeypox outbreak, United Kingdom, June to mid-September 2022

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...

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Published in:Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2022-09, Vol.27 (39), p.1
Main Authors: Shepherd, Wendi, Beard, Philippa M, Brookes, Sharon M, Frost, Andrew, Roberts, Helen, Russell, Katherine, Wyllie, Steve
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Disease Outbreaks - veterinary
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Health surveillance
Humans
Monkeypox virus
Mpox
Mpox (monkeypox) - diagnosis
Mpox (monkeypox) - epidemiology
Mpox (monkeypox) - veterinary
Pets
Risk factors
United Kingdom - epidemiology
Zoonoses
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.es.2022.27.39.2200758