US health officials on Friday urged doctors to test for monkeypox if they suspect cases, saying there may be community-level spread but that the overall public health risk remained low.
Health officials believe community transmission is likely, which is why they want doctors to test patients if they have any reason to suspect monkeypox.
“Anyone can get monkeypox and we are carefully monitoring for monkeypox that may be spreading in any population, including those who are not identifying as men who have sex with men,” Jennifer McQuiston, the CDC's deputy director of the Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, told the briefing.
Currently, all US patients are in recovery or have already recovered. Those who still have a rash are being asked to stay home until they are fully recovered, the CDC said. McQuiston said an analysis of the genetic sequences of US virus samples found that in most cases it is similar to the variant circulating in Europe.
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