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An Oakland County resident is the first in Michigan to have a
probable case of the monkeypox virus, state health officials
said Wednesday.
The virus, which is in the orthopoxvirus family and is closely
related to smallpox, is part of a global outbreak of more than
5,115 cases that now have spread to at least 27 states, the
District of Columbia and 51 countries outside of its endemic
areas as of June 29, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
Preliminary testing by the state Bureau of Laboratories showed a
presumptive positive result for orthopoxvirus. Testing to
confirm that is now underway by the CDC.
The person is isolating and does not pose a risk to the public,
state health officials said in a statement.
“Monkeypox is a viral illness that spreads primarily through
direct contact with the infectious rash, scabs, bodily fluids or
prolonged face-to-face contact," said Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian,
the state's chief medical executive. "It is important to
remember that the risk to the general public is low. However,
Michiganders with concerns about monkeypox should see their
provider to be evaluated for testing.”
No other details were released Wednesday about the Oakland
County resident.
More national attention and resources are being devoted to the
outbreak as the number of confirmed monkeypox cases in the U.S.
has more than doubled within a week's time — rising from 156 on
June 22 to 351 on Wednesday, according to the CDC.
The agency launched its Emergency Operations Center on Tuesday
to respond to the outbreak, dedicating more than 300 employees
to coordinating the emergency response and increasing vaccine
distribution and testing.
The first U.S. case was identified in a man from Massachusetts,
who was admitted May 12 to Massachusetts General Hospital in
Boston. The man hadn't been in contact with animals known to
carry monkeypox and didn't travel to central or western Africa,
where the virus ordinarily is found.
Since then, 350 more cases were confirmed as of Wednesday in
Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia,
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia and
Washington, according to the CDC and state health officials.
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https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2022/06/29/monkeypox- virus-suspected-oakland-county/9893868002/
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