Calls grow for monkeypox to be reclassified as an STI
Calls grow for monkeypox to be reclassified as an STI
There has also been debate about what to call the virus amid concerns around stigmatisation (Picture: Getty)
Scientists and campaign groups are calling for monkeypox to be reclassified as a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has backed the idea, suggesting that considering the illness as an STI would ‘more accurately reflect transmission of the new strain…