The dog developed lesions and tested positive for the same type of monkeypox as one of the owners.
According to the report, the men said that they let their dog sleep in bed with them and that they had been careful to keep their pet away from other animals or humans from the start of their own symptoms — before the dog’s symptoms started.
The authors suggested that the study should prompt discussion on whether pets need to be isolated from their owners if they have monkeypox, and they called for further research.Lewis said that previously, only animal-to-human transmission of the virus was reported, referencing a monkeypox outbreak in the US in which people were infected with the virus through pet prairie dogs.
“On a number of levels, this is new information,” she said. “It’s not surprising information, and it’s something that we’ve been on the watch out for.” “The messaging that has been given up until now is that pets should be isolated from the family members who may be infected,” she said. “This has been an example of precautionary approach, precautionary messaging, because we didn’t have the information that this had ever happened before, it had not been reported before, but it was a reasonable, cautious message to give. And now we have the first incident where this has actually occurred.
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