A man from Italy has tested positive for covid-19, monkeypox, and HIV all at the same time after returning from a short trip in Spain, according to researchers from the University of Catania in Italy. The scientists stated in the Journal of Infection that the 36-year-old man, who has not been identified, developed fever, a sore throat, fatigue, and headache as a result of the co-infection.
There are 632.4 million people living with the three viruses individually. The Journal of Infection report pointed out the continuing dominance of covid-19 and monkeypox in the world as they published details about the man’s co-infection. The Italian man reportedly spent five days in Spain in June and developed the symptoms nine days after returning from his trip.
As for covid, the patient received two doses of the covid vaccine and had already contracted the virus in January, but he tested positive for covid-19 on July 2 and began developing a rash on his left arm on the same day. The next day, small, painful vesicles that surrounded a rash appeared on the patient’s torso, lower limbs, face and glutes. The vesicles continued to spread on July 5 and developed into pustules, which prompted him to go to the emergency department at the University Hospital in Catania where he was transferred to the Infectious Diseases Unit.