US Reports 1st Case of New Form of Mpox in California

California resident is 1st reported case of new form of mpox in the U.S., health officials say
The first case in the U.S. of a more severe strain of mpox was reported in San Mateo County, California, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Testing confirmed the mpox case was the clade I strain.
California health officials report first known case of a new form of mpox in the US
The first known case of clade I mpox in the U.S. was recently discovered in a person in California, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday.
First case of new Mpox strain recorded in US, California health officials say
Mpox virus variant Clade 1b was first detected in eastern Congo. Health officials say the spread of the new strain has been very limited.
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San Mateo County health officials said on Saturday they have reported the first known case of clade I mpox in California and the United States.
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Human cases of Mpox date back to the 1970s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the National Institutes of Health. But in recent years the virus has spread globally, and the CDC says over 100,000 people have been infected with the clade II strain.
US Reports First Case of New Form of Mpox in California
Health officials said Saturday they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo.
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