Health officials are looking into whether it's linked to small recent outbreaks in Europe.
Massachusetts health officials announced Wednesday that they've confirmed a case of monkeypox, the first case of the rare virus identified in the United States in 2022,The Department of Public Health said the infection was found in an adult man who recently traveled to Canada, and health officials are looking into whether it's linked to small recent outbreaks in Europe.
The DPH is working to identify people who may have been in contact with the man while he was infectious. The man, a Massachusetts resident, has been hospitalized at Mass. General Hospital since May 12. He's in isolation and in stable condition. The hospital said the disease is so rare it took six days to diagnose him, with the help of the CDC.
"Really right now, human-to-human transmission really has occurred through close contact, generally speaking. And that is close contact via respiratory droplets and prolonged face-to-face contact, as well as direct contact through lesions or in direct contact through contaminated bedding or, sort of, clothing contaminated with the lesions," said Dr. Sarimer Sanchez, director of the Infectious Disease Bureau for the Boston Public Health Commission.
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