A case of monkeypox is reported in Texas

As the world battle the deadly coronavirus, a rare case of monkeypox was detected in Texas, the US on Friday. According to the initial reports, this was the first such case reported in the state. Speaking to the media, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said, “While rare, this case is not a reason for alarm and we do not expect any threat to the general public.”

The CDC told the media that the patient is currently hospitalized in isolation in Dallas and a team is working with local bodies to connect to the people who were in direct contact with the infected individual. The government has however said that the lone case of monkeypox is no cause for alarm and poses no threat to the general public.

Shingles is listed (as herpes zoster and varicella zoster) as an adverse event by Pfizer in its April 30, 2021, document release.

Source:

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  July 17, 2021. Satata Karmakar. “Rare Monkeypox Cases Reported from US, First Time In Nearly 20 Years.” TheHealthSite.Com.
  https://web.archive.org/web/20210717154318/https://www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-conditions/rare-monkeypox-cases-reported-from-us-first-time-in-nearly-20-years-all-you-need-to-know-about-it-826374/.
  Magazine.

Related:

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  August 8, 2021. “What Is Shingles? (With Pictures).” Queensland Health.
  https://www.health.qld.gov.au/news-events/news/what-is-shingles-with-pictures.
  Government.
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  April 30, 2021. Worldwide Safety. “5.3.6 CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS OF POST-AUTHORIZATION ADVERSE EVENT REPORTS OF PF-07302048 (BNT162B2) RECEIVED THROUGH 28-FEB-2021.” FDA-CBER-2021-5683-0000054. Pfizer Inc.
  https://phmpt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/5.3.6-postmarketing-experience.pdf,
  Local copy with highlights.
  Business, PDF.
  When I find the official links for the FDA reporting, I will swap the link out and use that one instead.  For now, this will do.

See also, on this site:

• NTI holds a monkeypox tabletop exercise
• Monkeypox emerges as a new potential pandemic