Monkey's smallpox: 200 people monitored by Public Health Long incubation

Nearly 200 people in more than 27 American states are closely monitored by US public health after being in contact with a Texan who brought the variole of the monkey to the United States, a rare disease.

The man who brought back Nigeria's disease has not yet transmitted the disease, but had several contacts on American territory.

CAS-CONTACTS must be monitored until July 30 as a precautionary measure, reports the United States (CDC) disease control and prevention centers (CDC).

The patient with the variole of the monkey traveled from Lagos to Nigeria in Dallas, by making a stopover in Atlanta on July 8 and 9.

The virus is transmitted by respiratory droplets and body fluids.

People under surveillance were less than 6 feet (about 2 meters) of the reached man, and used the same bathroom during the flight.

Airline employees as well as family members are also monitored.

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The variole of the monkey has a long incubation period ranging from three to 17 days.

The virus causes fever, chills, causes the ganglia to swell, as well as a rash with several blisters.The mortality rate of the disease is 10% in Africa.

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Cases outside West Africa are rare and no epidemic has been observed in the United States since 2003.

The case of Texas occurs after three confirmed cases of the disease linked to a Nigerian worker were found in the United Kingdom.

The disease was discovered for the first time in 1958 when epidemics occurred in monkey colonies.