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To: aristeides
Actually it's worse:

How do people get monkeypox?

Monkeypox can spread to humans from an infected animal through an animal bite or direct contact with the animal's lesions or body fluids. The disease also can be spread from person to person, although it is much less infectious than smallpox. In human transmission, the virus is thought to be transmitted by respiratory droplets during direct and prolonged face-to-face contact. In addition, it is possible monkeypox can be spread by direct contact with body fluids of an infected person or with virus-contaminated objects, such as bedding or clothing.

http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-monkeypox-cdc,0,4118585.story?coll=ny-health-headlines/
5 posted on 06/11/2003 4:24:36 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: FairOpinion
Oops. I posted the sae info twice, I thought it was another thread.

Note that apparently the monkeypox virus acn spread not just via droplets, but also via inanimate objects, such as bedding or blankets, or...
7 posted on 06/11/2003 4:26:43 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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