Instead, the patient has contracted the infection while traveling in Nigeria. There is no connection to the first case in Cornwall. September 11, 2018A second UK monkeypox case has been confirmed in Blackpool. He was treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London. September 8, 2018Monkeypox first appeared in Britain as a Nigerian naval officer visiting Cornwall for training. All human infections came from contact with an infected pet and all patients recovered.
Cases have been reported in both humans and domesticated prairie dogs. 1958Monkeypox was first discovered when there was an outbreak of smallpox-like disease in monkeys kept for research.ġ970: The first human case was reported in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and since then infection has been reported in several Central and West African countries.Ģ003Monkeypox outbreak in America after rodents were imported from Africa.
