Infant diagnosed with monkeypox in DC, officials say
WASHINGTON - Two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the U.S., health officials said Friday.One is an infant who is not a U.S.
resident but was tested while in Washington, D.C. and the other is a toddler in California, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The children were described as being in good health and receiving treatment.
How they caught the disease is being investigated, but officials think it was through household transmission.Other details weren’t immediately disclosed.Monkeypox is endemic in parts of Africa, but this year more than 15,000 cases have been reported in countries that historically don’t see the disease.
In the U.S. and Europe, the vast majority of infections have happened in men who have sex with men, though health officials have stressed that anyone can catch the virus.In addition to the two pediatric cases, health officials said they were aware of at least eight women among the more than 2,800 U.S.
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