Wisconsin's first case of orthopoxvirus, presumed to be monkeypox, has been identified in a Dane County resident, the state DHS confirmed.
, has been identified in a Dane County resident, the state Department of Health Services confirmed Thursday, June 30.
"What we’re seeing now is transmission aided by international travel among other things," Westergaard said. "It doesn’t cause severe disease, and it’s not terribly transmissible, but it is a big deal that we make people aware because we don’t want to miss any cases." "In this current outbreak, globally, it turns out spread through sexual or other intimate contact more commonly than we anticipated it would," said Westergaard.Monkeypox can bring fever, swollen lymph nodes and skin bumps.
While Westergaard says it is important to slow the spread of monkeypox, he is not expecting another pandemic.
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