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First Case of Probable Monkeypox Confirmed in Illinois

THE FIRST PROBABLE CASE OF MONKEYPOX IS BEING CONFIRMED IN ILLINOIS.

 

THE PATIENT IS A MAN FROM CHICAGO WHO RECENTLY TRAVELED TO EUROPE. HE DID NOT NEED TO BE HOSPITALIZED AND IS ISOLATING AT HOME. STATE PUBLIC HEALTH VETERINARIAN DOCTOR CONNIE AUSTIN SAYS MONKEYPOX CAN BE SERIOUS BUT IS RARE. SHE HAS THIS ADVICE FOR ILLINOISANS:

 

 

AT LEAST 19 CASES OF MONKEYPOX HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES. THE LAST TIME THE VIRUS POPPED UP IN ILLINOIS WAS IN 2003.

 

 

MONKEYPOX INFECTION INCLUDED FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS ACCOMPANIED BY A RASH. AUSTIN SAYS ANYONE CAN SPREAD MONKEYPOX BUT THIS MOST RECENT OUTBREAK INITIALLY BEGAN AMONG GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN.

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