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At least 780 cases of monkeypox have been identified in more than two dozen countries, the World Health Organization said this weekend.
While health officials stressed that they did not expect the outbreak to turn into a pandemic, the WHO said on Saturday that it was “very likely” more countries would see cases in the coming days and weeks.
“Although the current risk to human health and the general public remains low, the risk to public health could become high if the virus is used to establish itself in non-endemic countries as a widespread human pathogen,” the WHO said in an update on the outbreak.
In this chart of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the symptoms of monkeypox are shown on the patient’s arm. (CDC / Getty Images)
The United Kingdom, where the first infection was detected on May 6, has the most cases with 207 confirmed, according to the WHO.
Spain and Portugal are the second and third most cases with 156 and 138 infections, respectively.
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Massachusetts was the first state in the United States to report a case of monkeypox on May 18 in a man who recently traveled to Canada.
Many other states from California to New York have also reported cases in recent weeks.
This chart of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the symptoms of monkeypox. (CDC / Getty Images)
Jennifer McQueston, head of the CDC’s monkey measles response team, said more analysis of recent cases in the United States would be needed to determine the spread of the virus.
“I think it’s certainly possible that there have been cases of monkeypox in the United States that went under the radar before, but not to a large extent,” McQueston said Friday.
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A monkey measles that belongs to the same genus of viruses as smallpox, is endemic to several countries in West and Central Africa.
In this photo provided by the Unidad de Microscopía Electrónica del ISCIII in Madrid on Thursday, May 26, 2022, an electron microscope image shows the monkeypox virus. (Unidad de Microscopía Electrónica del ISCIII, via AP)
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The virus has similar symptoms as smallpox, including headache, fever and exhaustion, followed by a rash that develops in the bladder.
Smallpox is spread through direct skin-to-skin contact or contact with contaminated materials, but can also be transmitted through aerosols when individuals are in close proximity for extended periods of time.
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