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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.

Affected patients are isolating to help prevent spreading the virus, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials told reporters in a conference call.

In many of the cases the monkeypox rash started in the genital area, which could lead some doctors to diagnose it as a more common sexually transmitted infection such as herpes or syphilis. “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.Officials said the government has the capacity to run 1 000 tests per day.Those who still have a rash are being asked to stay home until they are fully recovered, the CDC said.

 

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