After 2 years of hearing about the coronavirus, there’s now another infectious disease on Americans’ radars: monkeypox. Experts talk about its resurgence, how it's different from other 'pox' viruses, and what might lie ahead.
In the U.S., the CDC suspects that more cases of monkeypox will likely be discovered in the coming days and weeks.according“I just don’t think it rises to the level of the kind of concern that existed with COVID-19, and the smallpoxReasons behind the current global outbreak are unknown or at least haven’t been made available, says Aaron Glatt, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in New York state.
Human monkeypox cases have been previously discovered in the U.S., including two people who had traveled to Nigeria in 2021. Forty-seven confirmed and likely cases were also found in the U.S. in 2003. Those were closely linked to animals imported from Ghana,But recent global cases of monkeypox were found in people who hadn’t visited West African or other countries where the virus is often found. Infected people had traveled to Canada and countries in Europe, where cases were reported in late April and early May.but less severe than those of the smallpox virus.
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