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Washington D.C. has reported its first case of what might be Monkeypox, District well being officers confirmed over the weekend.

The D.C. Public Well being Lab mentioned in a press launch Sunday {that a} Beltway resident who lately traveled to Europe had examined optimistic for orthopoxvirus, a genus of viruses that encompasses smallpox, cowpox, horsepox, camelpox, and monkeypox. The assertion added that the lab had despatched collected samples to the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention to substantiate if the affected person contracted monkeypox particularly.

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“The affected person is at the moment isolating and doesn’t pose a danger to the general public. DC Well being is figuring out and monitoring shut contacts. Nonetheless, right now no further instances have been recognized within the districts,” the discharge mentioned.

Monkeypox is uncommon and is seldom seen exterior of central and west Africa, the place it’s endemic. The primary signs to return on embody fever, muscle aches, and swollen lymph nodes, turning into seen rashes and lesions that unfold from the top to different components of the physique.

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Practically 100 instances have been detected in 12 nations, together with the U.S., the UK, Spain, Belgium, France, Canada, and Australia since early Might. The CDC has recognized 24 monkeypox instances within the U.S.

“Monkeypox is a uncommon however probably critical viral sickness that may be transmitted from individual to individual by way of direct contact with physique fluid or monkeypox lesions,” D.C. Well being defined. “Much less generally, transmission can happen by way of respiratory droplets from extended face-to-face contact and from contaminated supplies reminiscent of bedding or clothes.”