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The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has confirmed a total of 477 monkeypox cases in the country as of Wednesday.
PHAC provided an update on those confirmed cases, which include 284 cases from Quebec, 156 from Ontario, 29 from British Columbia and eight from Alberta, Xinhua news agency reported.
In the future, the number of cases may change as provinces and territories continue to receive confirmatory test results from PHAC’s National Microbiology Laboratory, PHAC said.
According to PHAC, provinces and territories review case data in their jurisdictions and those that meet the case definition will be reported to PHAC for inclusion in the national investigation.
The National Microbiology Laboratory performs diagnostic tests for the monkeypox virus. In addition, the lab is conducting whole-genome sequencing, enhanced fingerprint analysis, on Canadian monkeypox samples, PHAC said.
Monkeypox is a sylvatic zoonosis that can cause infections in humans, and the disease is usually found in forested parts of central and western Africa. It is caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to the orthopoxvirus family, according to the World Health Organization.
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