6 more people test positive for monkeypox in Mass., health officials say.
State health officials said they are working with local health officials, the patient and health care providers to identify anyone who might have come into contact with him while he was infectious.
Monkeypox typically spreads by skin-to-skin contact, or contact with contaminated clothing or bedding. It's rarely fatal. Symptoms include fever, headache, sore throat and swollen lymph nodes, and a rash that begins as flat lesions and becomes raised, then fill with fluid and develop into pustules. The number of lesions and where they appear varies person to person.
Early cases identified in the U.S. this year were associated with international travel, the Department of Public Health said, but many of the recent cases aren't.was believed to be related to travel to Massachusetts, Rhode Island health officials said earlier this month.
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