The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of monkeypox in New Hampshire this year.Officials with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday said there was a probable case in a patient from Rockingham County. Nearly 400 cases of monkeypox have been detected in 31 states and U.S. territories.CDC data shows 19 of those cases have been confirmed in Massachusetts.Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to the same group of viruses as smallpox. Transmission of monkeypox requires close interaction with a symptomatic person. Brief interactions do not appear to be high-risk, and transmission has usually involved close physical or intimate contact or health care examinations conducted not using appropriate protective equipment, DHHS said.Symptoms of monkeypox include fever, headache, exhaustion, muscle aches and cough followed by a skin rash.People with monkeypox are contagious until all skin lesions have scabbed over and fallen off a person’s skin, health officials said. The illness usually lasts for two to four weeks. Symptoms are usually mild, but in rare cases, a more severe illness can occur that might require hospitalization. Monkeypox has been present in humans since the 1970s.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of monkeypox in New Hampshire this year.
Officials with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday said there was a probable case in a patient from Rockingham County.
Nearly 400 cases of monkeypox have been detected in 31 states and U.S. territories.
CDC data shows 19 of those cases have been confirmed in Massachusetts.
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to the same group of viruses as smallpox. Transmission of monkeypox requires close interaction with a symptomatic person. Brief interactions do not appear to be high-risk, and transmission has usually involved close physical or intimate contact or health care examinations conducted not using appropriate protective equipment, DHHS said.
Symptoms of monkeypox include fever, headache, exhaustion, muscle aches and cough followed by a skin rash.
People with monkeypox are contagious until all skin lesions have scabbed over and fallen off a person’s skin, health officials said. The illness usually lasts for two to four weeks. Symptoms are usually mild, but in rare cases, a more severe illness can occur that might require hospitalization.
Monkeypox has been present in humans since the 1970s.
