What are the symptoms of monkeypox?Īccording to CDC's website, it takes usually seven to 14 days from the time of infection for a person to start feeling symptoms of the disease, but the incubation period can also range from five to 21 days. Cases have also been reported in the U.S., as well as a number of Asian, Middle Eastern, and European countries. Since then, the disease has been reported in people in several central and western African countries. The first human case of the disease was recorded in a country now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1970, during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox. Monkeypox, according to the CDC, was first discovered in 1958, following two outbreaks of a pox-like disease in colonies of monkeys that were kept for research. Monkeypox? What is it?Īccording to officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, monkeypox is caused by a virus that is in the same genus of viruses that causes smallpox. No other monkeypox cases have been reported at the university and there are no close contacts in Chester County, according to officials.ĭelaware has reported its first case of monkeypox, while New Jersey has reported 11 and Pennsylvania has 27 cases. We are very comfortable, we're in a safe situation," said Nancy Santos Gainer of West Chester University. "No close contacts absolutely on this campus. A spokesperson for the university also said that there is no need for fear because there has not been close contacts on campus.