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{{mergeto |2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States | discuss=Talk:2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States#Merger proposal| date=August 2022}} | |||
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| name = 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Florida | |||
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| location = ], U.S. | |||
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| arrival_date = 23 May 2022 <br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month=6|day=18|year=2022}} | |||
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| origin = ], England, United Kingdom | |||
| confirmed_cases = 373 | |||
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| hospitalized_cases = 41 (current) | |||
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The '''2022 monkeypox outbreak in Florida''' is part of the larger ] of ] caused by the West African ] of the ]. As of 31 July 2022, ] has the fourth most cases of monkeypox in the country.<ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2022/05/23/broward-county-may-have-floridas-first-case-of-monkeypox/ | title=Broward County may have Florida's first case of monkeypox }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-ne-florida-has-three-cases-of-monkeypox-20220601-lketdb2fczhe7nrnqdi64levlm-story.html | title=Florida has three cases of monkeypox, all in Broward County }}</ref> | |||
== Background == | |||
{{Hatnote|These paragraphs are an excerpt from ] and ].}} | |||
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== Transmission == | |||
A large portion of those infected were believed to have not recently traveled to areas of Africa where monkeypox is normally found, such as ], the ] as well as ] and ]. It is believed to be transmitted by close contact with sick people, with extra caution for those individuals with ] on their skin or genitals, along with their bedding and clothing. The CDC has also stated that individuals should avoid contact and consumption of dead animals such as rats, squirrels, monkeys and apes along with wild game or lotions derived from animals in Africa.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vargas |first=Ramon Antonio |date=2022-06-07 |title=US raises monkeypox alert level but says risk to public remains low |language=en |newspaper=] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/07/monkeypox-cases-cdc-alert-level-us |access-date=2022-06-09}}</ref> | |||
==History== | |||
=== May 2022 === | |||
On 23 May 2022, Florida reported a case of monkeypox. On the same day the ] reported that the Florida Department of Health had announced the case on a man that had been isolated since the day before. <ref name="auto"/>, ] later on also confirmed the case, confirmed it was in ].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-monkeypox-case/40075640 | title=Florida health officials looking into monkeypox case | date=23 May 2022 }}</ref> | |||
The following day ] reported another case of as being ¨investigated¨.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wesh.com/article/second-case-monkeypox-florida/40088883 | title=Second possible case of monkeypox investigated in Florida | date=24 May 2022 }}</ref> The case was then confirmed to be in the same county as the first case adding up the total in the county to two. | |||
=== June 2022 === | |||
After a few weeks of the two cases. Another case was being investigated, this case was reported by ] to also be in the same county as the first and second case.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/monkeypox-broward-third-case/ | title=Third monkeypox case confirmed in Broward County | website=] }}</ref> This case added up the total in the United States to 18. | |||
The fourth case hasn't been reported in any county, It was reported by the Sun Sentinel,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-ne-florida-reports-fourth-case-of-monkeypox-20220607-nalerpndgvekjc3gslf6obfh2i-story.html | title=Florida reports fourth case of monkeypox. CDC presumes community spread in US }}</ref> this case was also reported to be on men. But not from ] or ]. | |||
=== July 2022 === | |||
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