First Case of Clade I Monkeypox Diagnosed in the United States [November 18, 2024, 5:30 PM ET]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Description:
  CDCHAN-00519: Summary: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to provide information about the first case of clade I monkeypox diagnosed in the United States and recommendations to clinicians about preventing, diagnosing, treating, and reporting monkeypox cases. On November 15, 2024, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) confirmed the first reported case of clade I monkeypox in the United States. This individual had recently traveled to areas experiencing clade I monkeypox virus (MPXV) transmission and sought medical care for monkeypox symptoms in the United States. Consistent with other recent clade I monkeypox cases, the patient has relatively mild illness and is recovering. CDC and the local and state health departments are investigating potential contacts; no additional cases in the United States have been detected as of November 18, 2024. The risk of clade I monkeypox to the public in the United States remains low.
  
  Since March 2024, CDC has been working with local, tribal, state, and territorial public health authorities to prepare for potential cases of clade I monkeypox in the United States by enhancing surveillance, detection, and reporting capacities of existing domestic public health systems and structures. This reported case demonstrates that these systems are working as intended. There is no change to CDC clinical or travel guidance on clade I monkeypox since HAN Health Update 516.Clinicians should be aware of monkeypox symptoms, ask patients with comparable signs and symptoms about recent travel history and other risk factors for monkeypox, and consider MPXV testing. Given the widespread outbreaks in Central and Eastern Africa, additional travel-associated cases may be reported in the future in the United States. Suspected and confirmed cases of clade I monkeypox should be reported to local, territorial, and state public health authorities as soon as possible. State, local, and territorial public health authorities should report cases to CDC promptly. This includes orthopoxvirus generic (i.e., non-variola orthopoxvirus) positive and clade II negative test results from a patient with travel history to country affected by clade I monkeypox. CDC recommends vaccination to people who are eligible for monkeypox vaccine, including those who may have a recent MPXV exposure.
  
  
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• Subjects:
  Disaster Planning Disease Transmission, Infectious Emergencies Endemic Diseases Health Communication Monkeypox Virus Mpox, Monkeypox Travel-Related Illness Vaccination
• Keywords:
  Advisories Alerts Clade I MPXV HAN Health Alert Network MPXV Updates
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Subseries:
  CDC Health Advisory
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Alert
• Place as Subject:
  Democratic Republic of Congo ; The Republic of Congo ; Central African Republic ; Angola ; Zambia ; Rwanda ; Burundi ; Uganda ; South Sudan ; Germany ; India ; Kenya ; Sweden ; Thailand ; United Kingdom ; Zimbabwe ; United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  Office of Emergency Risk Communication (OERC)
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Issue:
  519
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
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