Everything CDC wants you to know about monkeypox and the current risk level

They are considered presumptive monkeypox cases and are being treated as such while the CDC carries out secondary testing to confirm monkeypox.All five confirmed and probable cases in the US are in men, and all have a history of international travel that fits with the multinational outbreak.The CDC also used today's briefing to highlight that it had sequenced the genome of the monkeypox virus from the initial Massachusetts case. The Congo Basin clade has an estimated fatality rate of up to 10 percent.The West African clade, the milder one.Once infected, a person typically develops symptoms five to 13 days after exposure, but the incubation period can range from five to 21 days.Monkeypox usually begins with fever and flu-like symptoms, specifically headache, fatigue, muscle aches, and swollen lymph nodes. The number of lesions an infected person develops can range from a few to several thousand, according to WHO.The illness generally lasts for two to four weeks and clears up without any specific treatments.You must login or create an account to comment.Join the Ars Orbital Transmission mailing list to get weekly updates delivered to your inbox.