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Mpox (Monkeypox)

Overview

Mpox

Mpox information and guidance

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.

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Information & Guidance

A Viral Disease

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.