SAN FRANCISCO -- Health officials announced Friday evening that the first probable case of monkeypox has been identified in a patient in San Francisco.
"San Francisco is prepared for this case and others, should more occur," said Health Officer, Dr. Susan Philip in a news release."We want to emphasize that this is not a disease that spreads easily through the air like COVID-19, however we do want people who might have been exposed to watch out for symptoms and to see a medical provider immediately if they develop symptoms for an evaluation.
"While most cases resolve on their own, monkeypox can be serious in rare cases and we want to prevent further spread in the community," Dr. Philip said. Meanwhile, federal health officials revealed on Friday that genetic analysis of recent monkeypox cases suggested there were two distinct strains in the U.S., raising the possibility that the virus has been circulating undetected for some time.
"I think it's certainly possible that there could have been monkeypox cases in the United States that went under the radar previously, but not to any great degree," she told reporters Friday. However, she added,"there could be community level transmission that is happening" in parts of U.S. where the virus has not yet been identified.
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