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Public Health, Policy & Planning
San Mateo County Health urges at-risk individuals to protect themselves against the mpox virus. Vaccination is recommended for person likely to be most impacted, including travelers to regions where mpox is spreading.
Mpox is a viral disease that spreads through close (skin to skin), intimate and sexual contact with an infected person. Mpox can cause a painful and itchy rash on hands, feet, chest, face or mouth or near the genitals. Other symptoms include fever, chills, swollen lymph nodes, exhaustion, muscle aches and backache, headache, sore throat, nasal congestion and cough.
Risk to public remains very low Redwood City – San Mateo County Health is working with state and federal partners in responding to a case of clade I mpox, the first […]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are two types of mpox, clade I (with subclades Ia and Ib) and clade II (with subclades IIa and IIb. IIb caused the ongoing global outbreak). A clade is a genetic branch of the disease.
The risk of exposure for the public to clade I mpox remains low, but there continue to be sporadic clade II mpox cases in the United States. Casual contact, such as during travel, in an office or classroom or in a store, is unlikely to pose significant risks for transmission of either clade of mpox.
Outbreaks from the different subclades can have different characteristics, like whom they affect and how they’re spread. Although clade II mpox has been circulating in the United States since 2022, clade I mpox has only recently been reported in the United States. Travel-associated cases have also been reported in Germany, India, Kenya, Sweden, Thailand and Zimbabwe. Historically, clade I mpox has caused more severe illness and deaths than clade II mpox. However, recent data demonstrate that infections from clade I mpox in the current outbreak may not be as clinically severe as in previous outbreaks.
Travelers to countries experiencing clade I outbreaks should consult with their primary health care provider.
Persons who have certain risk factors should consult with their primary health care provider about vaccination. See those risk factors from the CDC. Those with risk factors should take steps to reduce exposure, including avoiding close, skin to skin contact with people who have a rash that looks like mpox and avoid contact with objects and materials that a person with mpox has used. See how the CDC recommends to take steps to reduce exposure.
To view the number of reported probable and confirmed mpox (monkeypox) cases in San Mateo County, see data from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).