Severe Strain of Monkeypox Virus Detected in Los Angeles

A severe strain of the Monkeypox (mpox) virus has been detected in Los Angeles, public health officials confirmed on Thursday.

The clade I mpox virus was reportedly detected in a patient “who has no known history of travel to areas where the virus is usually found,” per ABC7. The detection came just two days after health officials in Long Beach announced the “first locally acquired case of clade I mpox.” Both the Los Angeles and the Long Beach infections are allegedly the only known infections in the nation “involving people with no known history of travel”:

Clade I mpox is a more serious strain of mpox that clade II, which led to a 2022-23 mpox outbreak in the United States. Clade I generally causes more

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