Raj Panjabi, White House senior director for health security and biodefense, CNN reported. It's actually a sign that Americans are remaining vigilant, and health care providers and public health workers are doing their job," said Dr. "We shouldn't be surprised to see more cases reported in the U.S. The CDC has told doctors and the public to watch for symptoms of monkeypox, which can include fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and lesions or pustules and a rash on the body, including the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet.
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When human-to-human transmission occurs it is usually through close direct contact, such as contact with lesions on the skin or the inhalation of large respiratory droplets. The disease is not thought to be easily transmitted and typically people pick up monkeypox from an infected animal. Walensky said some have a recent history of international travel to places with active monkeypox outbreaks, but others do not, CNN reported. The CDC is working to learn how each of the nine patients contracted the virus. "We shouldn't be surprised to see more cases," she noted. They're not contained within social networks, and the risk of exposure is not limited to any one particular group," Walensky explained. "While some groups may have a greater chance of exposure right now, infectious diseases do not care about state or international borders. The approach to the situation needs to be "guided by science, not by stigma," she emphasized, CNN reported. While the case in Virginia involves a woman, most of the cases "are within gay bisexual men and other men who have sex with men," CDC Director Dr. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CNN reported. The nine cases of the disease, which does not occur naturally in the United States, were identified in Massachusetts, Florida, Utah, Washington, California, Virginia and New York, according to the U.S. FRIDAY, (HealthDay News) - Nine cases of monkeypox had been confirmed in seven states as of Wednesday, and there are likely to be more cases as a worldwide outbreak continues, U.S.