A New York City resident has tested positive for the virus that causes monkeypox, state health officials announced late Friday.
US Surgeon General: Monkeypox virus may be transmissible through sexual contactafter a patient tested positive for the family of viruses associated with the rare illness, state health officials announced late Friday.
The unidentified patient is isolating and treating the case as positive while awaiting confirmation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New York City public health officials said earlier they were investigating two potential cases of monkeypox, a virus rarely seen outside of Africa that can cause flu-like symptoms.“The other was positive for orthopoxvirus and had an illness consistent with monkeypox,” the department said.
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