The patient is now isolating at home, said the CDC - although their home county hasn't been disclosed - and their symptoms are improving. 'It has not been a severe illness' for this patient, said San Mateo County health officer Dr. Kismet Baldwin-Santana.
'People who had close contact with this individual are being contacted by public health workers, but there is no concern or evidence that mpox clade I is currently spreading between individuals in California or the United States,' said the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) in a statement.
'It was only a matter of time before we saw cases in the U.S. from people who traveled there,' said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UCSF.
The mpox virus spreads through close contact with someone who is infected, and causes mpox disease. As the name might suggest, the virus is related to the smallpox virus but it's generally less severe and much less contagious than smallpox.
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