Gay and bisexual men are at risk of unfair stigma with Monkeypox being labelled a 'gay disease', a top TV doctor believes.
Dr Ranj Singh says ' hysteria' has been created and is growing concerned after it the outbreak was compared to HIV online.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have alerted men that monkeypox appears to be spreading in the LGBT+ community globally.
The organisation's Dr John Brooks emphasised that anyone can contract Monkeypox, through close personal contact regardless of sexual orientation.
But he went on to say many of the people affected across the world so far are men who identify as gay or bisexual.
Britain has recorded 57 cases so far, the UK Health and Security Agency, with new infections are being found "daily".
Dr Ranj Singh wants to stop discussion about Monkeypox being 'the gay disease’ and says it is simply inaccurate to liken it to HIV.
He wrote in gay bible Attitude Magazine : "We know that it spreads through close contact - it’s quite possible that the introduction of the virus into networks of men who have sex with men, who may have multiple intimate contacts, has allowed more rapid spread.
"We have to be careful here because this doesn’t mean men who have sex with men are at fault at all.
"We definitely shouldn’t echo the ridiculously inaccurate hysteria of HIV being a ‘gay disease’."
Monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted disease, but it can be transmitted through sexual and intimate contact.
Dr Brooks said: “We want to help people make the best informed decisions to protect their health and the health of their community from monkeypox."
The rare virus - which causes a rash and a fever - has been seen around the world in recent weeks.
Downing Street has said there are no plans to hold a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee to discuss the issue.
Dr Hilary Jones, meanwhile, has warned of an "unprecedented" outbreak in monkeypox as he warned of the five symptoms to look out amid the case rise.
He opened up about the rise in cases across the world during a health segment on ITV's Good Morning Britain with news correspondent Ranvir Singh.
"We know it is not a serious infection, usually. Mortality is about one per cent with the less virulent west African variant, if you want to call it a variant. We need to be vigilant," he explained.
Dr Hilary urged those who might have been in contact with someone who has it to self-isolate, as they are at high risk of spreading it themselves, as he explained what self-isolation meant in this case.
"So for most people, no great concern at the moment but I think watch this space, we need to be vigilant," he added.
The symptoms of monkeypox are like smallpox, but much milder. Smallpox was eradicated and there is a vaccine for smallpox, which is also approximately 85 per cent effective at preventing monkeypox because it belongs to the same virus group.
