Monkeypox: More than 200 contacts tracked in US for rare disease

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The outbreak reportedly originated from a Texas man who brought the disease in from Nigeria earlier this month.

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More than 200 people in 27 US states are being tracked for possible rare monkeypox infections, health officials say.

He flew into Atlanta, Georgia from Lagos, Nigeria on 9 July, before taking a flight to Dallas, where he was hospitalised, the CDC said. A CDC spokesperson told the BBC it was "working with state and local health departments to follow up with individuals who may have been exposed to monkeypox".

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