The San Francisco Department of Public Health announced Friday that the first possible case of monkeypox in a San Francisco resident has been identified.
The case was identified by testing in a California Public Health lab.
The person has traveled to a site with an outbreak in cases, is in isolation and is in good condition, health officials said.
The person did not report close contact in San Francisco during the period when he was able to spread the infection to others.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health is awaiting confirmation from initial tests completed on Friday.
The risk of monkeypox in the general population is thought to be low.
The known cause of the spread of monkeypox is prolonged contact and body fluids, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
Close physical contact, including sex, with multiple people can put a person at higher risk for monkeypox, health officials said.
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