US Health officials report 1st case of new form of mpox in a traveler

San Mateo County health officials said on Saturday they have reported the first known case of clade I mpox in California and the United States.

, a person became infected with the clade I mpox after traveling in Eastern Africa, that's where there is a current outbreak of the strain. Another strain of mpox, called the clade II, has been circulating in the U.S. since 2022.added the person has mild symptoms and is currently recovering at home. The county is also contact tracing anyone who might have been in contact with the infected person.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia's News Headlines newsletter.

"The risk to the general population is low," said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco. “After exposure, in about 4-7 days, you get flu-like symptoms, so headache, muscle aches, fever. But 2-3 days after that, you start getting these boils that people know about from 2022.”

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