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Daniel Morrow & Katie Weston

Severe monkeypox patients could be infectious for up to 10 weeks, study says

Patients with severe monkeypox could be infectious for up to 10 weeks, according to a study.

The research, which was published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases, looked into seven cases of the virus in the UK between 2018 and 2021.

One of the people, a man in his 40s, was found to have tested positive for the virus in the 70 days that followed after first displaying symptoms, the Mirror reports.

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