Monkeypox testing has been limited in the U.S.
More than 1,050 monkeypox cases have been detected in the U.S. as of Wednesday , but based on the availability of diagnostic tests in the country, this may be a significant undercount, some experts say.
In late June, the CDC and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that they'd begun ramping up the nation's capacity for monkeypox testing by supplying tests to five commercial laboratory companies."Health care providers will be able to use these laboratories by early July and testing capacity through these companies will be ramped up throughout the month," the HHS said.However, since the first U.S.
In the current outbreak, however, some patient's symptoms have diverged from the normal pattern. For example, some patients developed flu-like symptoms after their skin rashes or didn't experience flu-like symptoms at all, the CDC reported. Some patients initially developed rashes around the genitals and anus, and these skin lesions caused symptoms of painful inflammation and rectal bleeding.
Monkeypox treatments and vaccines in the U.S.There are no drugs specifically approved to treat monkeypox, and many people recover without the need for specific treatment. However, in severe cases, patients may receive antiviral medications intended to treat other infections; for example, they may receive tecovirimat , which is designed to treat smallpox and also works against other orthopoxviruses, according to the CDC .
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