NC DPH Alert: First Case of Clade I Mpox in U.S.

The North Carolina Division of Public Health (NC DPH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are alerting clinicians to the first case of clade I mpox in the United States.  

The case was reported in California and is related to an ongoing outbreak of clade I mpox in Central and Eastern Africa. The risk of clade I mpox to the public remains low, and there continues to be sporadic clade II mpox cases in the U.S. 

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