It’s not the spike we saw last summer, but cases of mpox, formerly called monkeypox, have ticked up in Chicago in the last few weeks.
“It's an antiviral that had been approved a few years ago for the treatment of smallpox. And so we have now sort of repurposed it to see if it will work in the treatment of mpox,” Dr. Shankeran said.According to the Chicago Department of Public Health, more than half of the recent mpox cases have occurred in people who are fully vaccinated. Preliminarily, most of the cases have been mild.
“Well, vaccines aren't perfect. And one of the things we know about this particular vaccine is that, although it may not prevent the occurrence of disease, it is very likely to reduce the severity of people that have been vaccinated,” Perkins said. “Right now, we are focused on offering that test to immunocompromised patients that are hospitalized with suspected infection,” Perkins said.
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