The sample was sent to Porton Down science park in Wiltshire where the UK Health Security Agency’s rare and imported pathogens laboratory swiftly ran a PCR test. Handout image issued by the UK Health Security Agency of the stages of monkeypox. Photograph: UK Health Security Agency/PAA week after confirming the first patient, the UKHSA reported two more in a family in London, with no links to the first case. These were seen by specialists struggling to diagnose patients with unexplained rashes at sexual health clinics. “This could easily have popped up in a different context,” said one senior specialist in sexual health.

Source: The Guardian May 21, 2022 02:09 UTC