New York City health officials are investigating a possible case of monkeypox in the city.
"All the appropriate isolation protocols are being followed. The Health Department's Public Health Lab will conduct preliminary tests, which — if positive — will be sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for confirmatory testing," the Health Department said in a statement. "The Department’s epidemiologists will follow up with any individual who may have been in contact with the patient while infectious."was confirmed in Massachusetts this week.
"Monkeypox does not occur naturally in the United States, but cases have happened that were associated with international travel or importing animals from areas where the disease is more common,""In humans, the symptoms of monkeypox are similar to but milder than the symptoms of smallpox. Monkeypox begins with fever, headache, muscle aches, and exhaustion," the CDC states.
All the appropriate isolation protocols are being followed. The Health Department's Public Health Lab will conduct preliminary tests, which — if positive — will be sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for confirmatory testing. The Department's epidemiologists will follow up with any individual who may have been in contact with the patient while infectious. Monkeypox is uncommon in the U.S., but — in the rare circumstance where a positive case is identified — usually presents as a flu-like illness accompanied by swelling of the lymph nodes and followed by rash on the face and body.
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