Two cases of monkeypox detected in children in the USA

THE ESSENTIAL

• The Imvanex vaccine was approved in 2013 against human smallpox in the European Union.
• In the United States, it is already given to humans against monkeypox.

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Of the nearly 17,000 cases of monkeypox detected in 74 countries outside Africa, where monkeypox is usually more common, two are now children. Both of these cases have been recorded in the United States.

An unknown infection

For now, the reason for their infection remains unknown… Research is underway to determine it.

But, according to the information currently available, these children with monkeypox are doing well and have already received treatment for this disease.

California and Washington

One of the children is very young and from California. The second does not live in the United States but would have been infected there, when he was in Washington DC

“In France, 96% of cases for which sexual orientation is reported occurred in men who have sex with men (MSM)“, according to latest update from Public Health France published on July 19. And, at the global level, it seems that the observation is the same…

Nearly 1,500 cases in France

A total of more than 2,800 cases of monkeypox have already been confirmed in the United States. In France, according to latest update from Public Health France published on July 19there are 1,453 confirmed cases in France, including 678 people residing in Ile-de-France, 111 in Occitania, 103 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 65 in New Aquitaine, 55 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, 41 in Hauts-de-France, 25 in Grand Est, 18 in Normandy, 15 in Pays-de-la-Loire, 9 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 9 in Centre-Val de Loire, 9 in Brittany and 1 in Martinique.

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