Jacob Lorenzo-Morales
Professor of Parasitology, Director of the University Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Islands of the University of La Laguna and CIBERINFEC researcher
"The study presents epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 185 cases of monkeypox in several regions of Spain. The data are robust and indicate what we are seeing in this outbreak: that the main population group affected are men who have sex with men, of young age and who have not taken prophylactic measures.
The work supports the data already discussed in the media and by the authorities. It is important not to stigmatise a group, but also to take measures to curb the situation.
The authors have taken into account the confounding factors and I do not see any limitations that they have forgotten.
The study focuses on the clinical manifestations that we are all familiar with, but also comments on less frequent lesions that we should observe: in the pharynx, anal area and also on the fingers".