Monkeypox in a Traveler Returning from Nigeria — Dallas, Texas, July 2021

Monkeypox is a rare, sometimes life-threatening zoonotic infection that occurs in west and central Africa. It is caused by Monkeypox virus, an orthopoxvirus similar to Variola virus (the causative agent of smallpox) and Vaccinia virus (the live virus component of orthopoxvirus vaccines) and can spread to humans. After 39 years without detection of human disease in Nigeria, an outbreak involving 118 confirmed cases was identified during 2017-2018 (1); sporadic cases continue to occur. During September 2018-May 2021, six unrelated persons traveling from Nigeria received diagnoses of monkeypox in non-African countries: four in the United Kingdom and one each in Israel and Singapore. In July 2021, a man who…

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  U.S. Department of State
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  Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
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  Utah Department of Health
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  Georgia Department of Public Health
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  Texas Department of State Health Services
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  Państwowy Instytut Weterynaryjny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
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  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention