New genetic sequencing data indicate there are at least two separate monkeypox outbreaks underway outside of Africa, the CDC said Friday.
“As the monkeypox outbreak has continued, our laboratory scientists have been working to better understand how the U.S. cases might be linked to [cases in] Europe or other places,” Jennifer McQuiston, DVM, MS, deputy director of the CDC’s Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, said during a press briefing. “New analysis resulted in sequencing uploaded publicly today showing that in the U.S., we have seen at least two