CDC Monitors Potential Monkeypox Exposure in US - WebMD

More than 200 people in 27 states are being monitored for possible exposure after they had contact with an American who contracted monkeypox in Nigeria before traveling to Texas earlier this month, according to STAT News.

So far, none of the people who are being followed are considered high-risk, and none have contracted the virus.

On July 15, the patient went to the emergency room at a Dallas hospital and was diagnosed with monkeypox, STAT reported.

During the 2003 outbreak, which was the first time that human cases were reported outside of Africa, a shipment of animals from Ghana contained rodents and small mammals that had the virus.

Those who contracted monkeypox became ill after having contact with infected prairie dogs purchased as pets, the CDC reported.

In recent years, Nigeria has seen an uptick in monkeypox cases, STAT reported.

being monitored for possible monkeypox exposure, CDC says.”.