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virus - which transmits through respiratory droplets - to other travelers is low.
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CDC and local health departments are getting in touch with people who may have been in contact with the man.
This graphic from the CDC shows a closeup of monkeypox lesions.
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Smallpox is rare but in Africa it can kill as many as 1 in 10
Monkeypox is rare, but can be serious. The strain the man became infected with, one mostly seen in West Africa, kills one in 100. In Africa, the disease may lead to death in as many as one in 10, the CDC says.
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