CDC Monitoring New Monkeypox Outbreaks, Tracking Over 200 Individuals in 27 States

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring more than 200 people for a new outbreak of monkeypox following last week’s announcement that a Dallas man brought the disease back after a trip to Nigeria.

The agency said it was monitoring more than 200 people who may have come into contact with the man, who stopped in Atlanta during his July 8-9 trip from Lagos to Dallas. Symptoms of the disease can include aches, swollen lymph nodes, rashes, and lesions. A vaccine to inoculate against it was developed in 2019, though there is presently no cure.

The CDC notes that studies in Central Africa — where medical care is underserved — indicate the virus has a lethality rate of 1 to 10 percent. The first outbreak of the disease appeared in the United States in 2003 after a child was bitten by a prairie dog.

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