Courtesy-in.gov
INDIANAPOLIS – State health officials announced over the weekend that the first probable case of monkeypox in Indiana has been identified. Further information about the patient will not be released due to privacy concerns.
Initial testing was completed at the Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) laboratories on Saturday. Confirmation is pending at the CDC. Based on the initial positive test and preliminary case investigation, IDOH considers this a probable monkeypox infection. The patient remains isolated, and state health officials are working to identify anyone the patient may have had close contact with while infectious.
Person-to-person transmission is possible either through skin-to-skin contact with body fluids, monkeypox sores, or contaminated items, such as bedding or clothing or through exposure to respiratory droplets during prolonged face-to-face contact.
Monkeypox begins with fever, headache, chills, muscle aches, and exhaustion. Within one to three days after the appearance of fever, the patient develops a rash. The illness lasts for 2 to 4 weeks.
The CDC reports that 113 monkeypox cases have been confirmed in 21 U.S. states and territories in 2022. Visit the CDC’s website for more information on the monkeypox outbreak.
