Study Finds Severe Monkeypox Disease Mostly in Men With Advanced HIV

Study Finds Severe Monkeypox Disease Mostly in Men With Advanced HIV
Test tubes labeled "Monkeypox virus positive" are seen in this illustration taken on May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
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An especially severe form of monkeypox has been found by researchers to have a higher risk of severe complications and death among men with advanced HIV or AIDS, according to a study published in The Lancet.

According to the research team, monkeypox, or mpox, has had a considerable impact on men who have HIV and low CD4 cell counts. The current evidence also shows that all 96 monkeypox deaths have occurred only in people with HIV.
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