Symptoms on the hands of a monkey pox infected person. Archyde.com = Yonhap News
An Italian man in his 30s contracted COVID-19, monkey pox and HIV at the same time.
According to the BBC and The Independent on the 25th (local time), Italian male A (36) tested positive for Corona 19, monkeypox, and AIDS.
A returned from a five-day trip in Madrid, Spain, in June. He is said to have had sex with the same sex in Spain.
At that time, the man showed symptoms such as fever, sore throat, headache, and fatigue, and as a result of the Corona 19 test, he was confirmed.
As a result of the test, it was confirmed that he was diagnosed with monkey pox, and during the investigation of monkey pox, it was also revealed that he was HIV-positive.
A was found to have contracted HIV, the causative agent of AIDS, in the process of undergoing several detailed tests. The hospital explained, “The test came out negative in September of last year, but looking at the numbers, it seems that he was infected with HIV relatively recently.”
Person A was reported to have recovered from COVID-19 and monkey pox and was discharged from the hospital on July 11.
“This case shows how the symptoms of COVID-19 and monkey smallpox can overlap,” the researchers said. ” he said.
By Bae Jae-seong, staff reporter [email protected]