least 31 children now in the u.s. abc s mireya villarreal from texas. reporter: tonight, the first reported death of an american with monkeypox. oficials say the patient was a severely immunocompromised adult who died at a houston-area hospital. this patient also had underlying health conditions and had a number of things going on. and i think that additional investigation is needed to know what role monkeypox may or may not have played in their death. reporter: the cdc today stressing that death from monkeypox is rare. of the nearly 50,000 cases around the world, just 15 have been fatal. the vast of majority of u.s. infections have been in men who have sex with other men. but at least 31 children have also contracted monkeypox. including an infant who was exposed to the virus by a family member and treated at a seattle hospital. the main thing that the patient was experiencing was the rash and complications of the rash.
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