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August 1, 2022, 1:21 AM CDT
Updated onAugust 1, 2022, 6:11 AM CDT
By Archana Chaudhary and Chris Kay
A man who died in India after testing positive for monkeypox in the United Arab Emirates may be Asia’s first fatality linked to the global outbreak.
The 22-year-old died July 30 in a hospital in the southern state of Kerala, where he was treated for fatigue and encephalitis. Authorities subsequently learned that he’d tested positive for the monkeypox virus on July 20, the day before he returned to India, Veena George, Kerala’s health minister, told reporters on Sunday.
Throat and nasal swabs tested by India’s National Institute of Virology show the man was infected with the monkeypox pathogen, Priya Abraham, NIV’s director, told Bloomberg News on Monday. He also tested positive for Epstein-Barr virus, which causes infectious mononucleosis, she added. ...
Updated onAugust 1, 2022, 6:11 AM CDT
By Archana Chaudhary and Chris Kay
A man who died in India after testing positive for monkeypox in the United Arab Emirates may be Asia’s first fatality linked to the global outbreak.
The 22-year-old died July 30 in a hospital in the southern state of Kerala, where he was treated for fatigue and encephalitis. Authorities subsequently learned that he’d tested positive for the monkeypox virus on July 20, the day before he returned to India, Veena George, Kerala’s health minister, told reporters on Sunday.
Throat and nasal swabs tested by India’s National Institute of Virology show the man was infected with the monkeypox pathogen, Priya Abraham, NIV’s director, told Bloomberg News on Monday. He also tested positive for Epstein-Barr virus, which causes infectious mononucleosis, she added. ...