CDC confirms imported case of monkeypox in Maryland

By Luke Gentile

Published November 17, 2021 7:47pm ET

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Officials have confirmed a case of monkeypox in Maryland, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Maryland Department of Health.

An individual who returned to the United States from Nigeria was infected with a strain of the disease that has reemerged in the African nation over the past few years, the CDC wrote in a Wednesday release.

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