Monkeypox -- United Kingdom
The 2nd patient is a UK man of unknown age who returned to the country from a 22-day vacation in Nigeria on [4 Sep 2018] via a flight from Paris. He sought care at the Accident and Emergency Department at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals on the northwest coast on [6 Sep 2018] for fever, swollen lymph nodes, a scrotal lump, and an itchy maculopapular rash, which is a flat, typically red area covered with small, connected bumps.
The man said the rash first appeared in Nigeria before his trip back
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6043885&promed&0
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