The CDC says it still recommends at-risk Americans get two doses of the Jynneos vaccine to guard against the virus, but urged doctors to test all patients with symptoms regardless of their vaccination status.
Two states have added more than a dozen infections to their tallies: 31 in Texas and 15 in Illinois. A handful more cases have also been reported in California, Louisiana, New York, Alabama, Florida and Oregon.However, not all of these additional cases were actually diagnosed over the past two weeks.
Anton said the department had recently worked with a local jurisdiction "to reconcile some of their cases." "Monkeypox virus infection and vaccination are likely to confer some immune protection for years, based on evidence from smallpox disease and vaccination," the agency's modelers wrote. "However, if this protection wanes quickly or does not effectively stop transmission of the virus, resurgent outbreaks would be more likely."
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