Digitally-colorized electron microscopic (EM) image depicting a monkeypox virion (virus particle), obtained from a clinical sample associated with a 2003 prairie dog outbreak, published June 6, 2022.
The image depicts a thin section image from a huma DOVER, Del. - The state of Delaware has reported its first case of monkeypox.
According to the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH), the case was identified in a 41-year-old New Castle man. The agency says the case is considered probable pending confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The man did not report any travel or known exposure to someone with moneypox, but he believes he was exposed after close contact with an individual in early July, DPH says.