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There have also been suspected cases in Broward County, Florida, and New York City.

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What is monkeypox?
Monkeypox is a virus found in wild animals like rodents and monkeys.
Within several days, a typical rash develops, that progresses to raised blisters that turn into scabs. Illness usually lasts 2-4 weeks.


For now, special tests done at the CDC are needed for definitive diagnosis.

How is it spread?
The virus is spread through body fluids, skin and respiratory droplets. "It's important to know that this virus really does require close personal contact," said Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor of epidemiology at buy phone number list the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She told LaPook that we are seeing cases happening in several countries at the same time: "We've never seen that."

Those cases resemble a milder version found in West Africa. But in areas with limited access to healthcare, that milder version can still be fatal, the morality rate being "between one and three, 3.5 percent in an African setting," said Rimoin.

In the United States, during a 2003 outbreak of monkeypox caused by an imported African rodent, 47 people became ill, but nobody died.

Monkeypox Lesions
Close-up of monkeypox lesions on the hands of a patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Courtesy CDC/Mahy et al. via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images
Are there treatments?
Possible treatments include a variation of the smallpox vaccine, antiviral drugs and antibodies.

LaPook asked, "Do we have enough smallpox vaccine? Do we have enough diagnostic ability?"

"We definitely have enough vaccine, and we definitely have access to the antivirals and the treatments that are needed," Rimoin replied.