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Researchers say monkeypox is more mutated than previously thought

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Currently, more than 200 cases of monkeypox and orthopoxvirus have been identified in the United States, and experts warn that the virus is more mutated than previously believed. ..

In a study published Thursday in Nature Medicine, a group of Portuguese researchers found an average of 50 mutations in the 2022 sample compared to the 2018 and 2019 samples. Did. 

The mutation rates they found after looking at the 15Monekipoxvirus sequencessuggest an example of "accelerated evolution". I wrote that it might be.

Genetic analysis earlier this month previously suggested that there are two different strains in the United States, and the virus may have been circulating for some time.

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Test tube labeled "Monkeypox virus positive" is seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. 

Test tube labeled "Monkeypox virus positive" Can be seen in this figure taken on May 22, 2022.  (REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration / File Photo / File Photo)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) current data Shows the majority of California cases. New York and Illinois. 

Kentucky health officials announced the first possible incident in the state on Friday. 

However,scientists point out that outbreakscan be much higher than the current number of cases. The

CDC confirmed that there was evidence of a local infection of monkeypoxin addition to the case where the infected person traveled abroad. 

This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. 

This 2003 electron microscope image is Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show mature oval monkeypox virions (left) and spherical immature virions (right) from human skin samples associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. increase.  (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner / CDC via AP)

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Thursday, Big Apple health officials Expanded access to monkeypox vaccine. 

However, due to high demand, the municipal Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic, the only facility in New York to administer vaccines, will soon be unable to respond to walk-ins. Said. All appointments were met until next Monday.

The Biden administration has begun shipping monkeypox virus tests to commercial laboratories. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said, "We will dramatically expand our testing capabilities nationwide." 

A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 50X magnification on day four of rash development in 1968. 

Part of the skin tissue taken from Skin lesions in monkeys infected with the monkeypox virus are seen at 50x magnification on the 4th day of the 1968 rash.  (Distribution via CDC / REUTERS)

Although most cases of new monkeypox are found in gay or bisexual men , Experts warn that everyone is at potential risk. 

People are usually infected with the monkeypox virusby contact with infected animal or human skin lesions or body fluids, or with contaminated substances. .. virus.

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Monkeypox associated with smallpox has mild symptoms. 

MonkeypoxSymptoms include fever, chills, rash, and pain before the lesion develops. 

Julia Musto is a reporter for FoxNews Digital. She can be found on Twitter at @JuliaElenaMusto.