佛罗里达州卫生官员正在调查他们所说的“推定”猴痘病例，随着全球感染人数继续上升，这是美国第三例可能的猴痘病例。
布劳沃德县的佛罗里达州卫生部周日在一份新闻稿中说，该病例正在布劳沃德县进行调查，似乎与国际旅行有关。
一名最近去过加拿大的马萨诸塞州男子成为了首例罕见病毒美国疾病控制和预防中心周三确认他的阳性检测后，今年在美国发现了这种病毒。
周四，纽约市卫生局宣布正在调查一起可能是猴痘在一名患者被检测出正痘病毒阳性后——猴痘属于的病毒家族。患者的检测结果被送到疾控中心进行确认性检测。
波士顿儿童医院(Boston Children's Hospital)和牛津大学(Oxford University)的数据科学项目Global.health的一项分析显示，在全球范围内，16个通常不会发现这种疾病的国家有超过190例确诊或疑似病例。这种罕见的疾病通常在西非和中非传播，但自从一名英国患者在5月7日前往尼日利亚后检测呈阳性以来，世界各地都发现了几例病例。
尽管CDC周五发出了健康警报，警告医生和当地卫生部门注意可能有猴痘症状的患者，并向CDC报告这些病例，但公共卫生官员和传染病专家强调，对公众的风险仍然很低。
这种疾病也可以通过空气中的大量呼吸道飞沫、皮肤损伤、体液或接触污染物质在人与人之间传播。
世界卫生组织建议公众在出现症状时进行隔离，避免接触任何可能出现症状的人，在接触受感染者时戴上口罩，并彻底清洁双手和表面，以防止感染传播。
Florida health officials investigating 3rd possible monkeypox case in US
Florida health officials are investigating what they describe as a "presumptive" monkeypox case, making it the third possible case of the virus in the U.S. as global infections continue to rise.
The case is being investigated in Broward County and appears to be related to international travel, the Florida Department of Health in Broward County said in a press release Sunday.
A Massachusetts man who had recently traveled to Canada became thefirst case of the rare virusdetected in the United States this year after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed his positive test on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the New York City Department of Health announced that it was investigating apossible case of monkeypoxafter a patient tested positive for orthopoxvirus -- the family of viruses to which monkeypox belongs. The patient's tests were sent to the CDC for confirmatory testing.
Globally, there are more than 190 confirmed or suspected cases in 16 countries where the disease is not normally found, according to an analysis from Global.health, a data science initiative from Boston Children's Hospital and Oxford University. The rare disease typically circulates in Western and Central Africa, but several cases have been detected around the world since a patient in the United Kingdom tested positive on May 7 following travel to Nigeria.
While the CDC sent out a health alert Friday warning doctors and local health departments to be on the lookout for patients who may have symptoms of monkeypox and report those cases to the CDC, public health officials and infectious disease experts emphasize that the risk to the general public remains low.
The disease can also spread from person to person via large respiratory droplets in the air, through skin lesions, bodily fluids or contact with contaminated material.
The World Health Organization advises the public to prevent spreading the infection by isolating if you have symptoms, avoiding contact with anyone who may have symptoms, wearing a mask if you come into contact with an infected individual, and thoroughly cleaning hands and surfaces.
