Some patients with smallpox are also infected with sexually transmitted diseases, according to the CDC.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned doctors that both sexually transmitted diseases can be similar to STIs, and that both people should be screened for STIs. CDC Director Rochelle Valenski said some patients with monkeys also had syphilis, herpes, gonorrhea or chlamydia infections. The rash that characterizes monkeys may be similar to …