Based on CBS News, France has recorded the first recorded case of human-to-dog transmission of smallpox in monkeys. The dog is contracted with virus by sleeping in its owner’s bed.
Scientists published a paper in Fingertips Medical journal last week presented evidence of human-to-dog transmission. It is not clear whether the virus can be transmitted to dogs.
CBS News also reported a case involving two male partners who lived together but regardless of gender.
They started showing symptoms of the virus a few days after sleeping with another partner.
Twelve days after they showed signs, their four-year-old Greyhound tested positive for the virus.
Scientists are also doing more research on transmitting the virus to pets.
“Our findings will spur debate on the need to isolate livestock from monkeypox positive individuals,” they wrote.
Rosamund Lewis, head of the World Health Organization on monkeypox, stated:
“This is the first incident where we are learning about where there is human-to-animal transmission,” she said of the Lancet report’s findings. So, on some levels, this is new information. That’s not surprising news and it’s something we’ve been on guard for.
Lewis also states that almost 99% of cases of monkeypox are detected in men and that 98% of men have sex with other men.
The Biden Administration declare Monkeypox emerged as an emergency in August after the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency last month.
First identified in May, more than 6,600 cases of monkeypox have been reported.
In addition, according to CNN, Wyoming and Montana are the only two states that do not list any infected people.
