CDC investigating first suspected case of monkeypox in Georgia

CDC investigating first suspected case of monkeypox in Georgia - WSB Atlanta

ATLANTA — The Georgia Division of Well being has introduced the primary seemingly case of monkeypox in Georgia.

The GDPH mentioned the suspected case is in a metro Atlanta man who has a historical past of worldwide journey. The person has examined constructive for the orthopoxvirus, which is related to smallpox and monkeypox.

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The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention is conducting confirmatory testing to find out if the virus is monkeypox. Within the meantime, the person is being monitored and officers are doing contact tracing.

The CDC is presently monitoring 18 confirmed circumstances of the sickness within the U.S. The opposite circumstances are in California, Utah, Massachusetts and Florida.

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Signs of monkeypox embody fever, headache, again ache, muscle aches and low power. It will probably additionally trigger a rash and lesions on the face or genitals. The sickness will be deadly in as much as 11% of people that develop into contaminated.

There isn’t a identified remedy for the virus however smallpox vaccines and antiviral therapies can be utilized to assist management outbreaks.

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Nonetheless, well being officers say monkeypox is way much less transmissible than the coronavirus and that the danger to the general public is low. Lots of the circumstances have been travel-associated and occurred in males.

The sickness is endemic to Africa and has not beforehand triggered widespread outbreaks past the African continent.

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