Monkeypox in India: Second case detected in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: A 31-year-old man who arrived in Kerala last week from Dubai has tested positive for monkeypox, state Health Minister Veena George said.
This is the second case of monkeypox in the state as well as the country.
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The minister said the patient, who arrived in Kerala on July 13, was a native of Kannur and was undergoing treatment at the Pariyaram Medical College there.
His health condition is stable, she added.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier published that India's first case of monkeypox has been reported in Kerala with the suspected case which was sent to NIV, Pune has turned positive.
The patient, who tested positive arrived from the UAE on July 12.
Monkeypox is a sylvatic zoonosis with incidental human infections that usually occur sporadically in forested parts of Central and West Africa. It is caused by the monkeypox virus which belongs to the orthopoxvirus family. Monkeypox can be transmitted by contact and droplet exposure via exhaled large droplets.
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