Mpox is a rare disease caused by infection with a virus that’s in the same family as the one that causes smallpox. More than 3,100 confirmed cases have been reported just since late September, according to the World Health Organization.
NEW YORK — Health officials said Saturday they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo.
The individual was isolating at home and health workers are reaching out to close contacts as a precaution, the state health department said. Earlier this year, scientists reported the emergence of a new form of mpox in Africa that was spread through close contact including through sex. It was widely transmitted in eastern and central Africa. But in cases that were identified in travellers outside of the continent, spread has been very limited, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Since then, cases of travellers with the new mpox form have been reported in Germany, India, Kenya, Sweden, Thailand, Zimbabwe, and the United Kingdom.
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