Although the monkeypox strain now in circulation is infinitely milder than HIV - zero fatalities have been reported out of the more than 1,000 cases so far - it is another virus that emerged in sub-Saharan Africa and has popped up outside the continent largely in men who have sex with men. The parallels between the two infections are limited but clear. As officials, researchers and activists scramble to control an emerging monkeypox outbreak, many are doing so with another virus constantly wedged in the back of their minds: HIV.
