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Fatal #Alaskapox #Infection in a Southcentral Alaska Resident, State of Alaska Epidemiology #bulletin https://health.alaska.gov/dph/Epi/id/Pages/Alaskapox.aspx
-- Case Report: In mid-Sept 23, an elderly man from #Kenai Peninsula with history of #drug-induced #immunosuppression secondary to #cancer treatment noted a tender red papule in his right axilla. Over the next 6 wks, presented to his primary provider & local ED several times for clinical evaluation of lesion & was prescribed multiple antibiotic regimens.
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#Alaska health officials confirmed the state’s first fatal case of #AlaskaPox — a recently discovered viral disease.
The double-stranded-DNA virus, which comes from the same genus as #SmallPox #MonkeyPox (#MPox) and #CowPox, was first identified in an adult in Fairbanks, Alaska in 2015.
https://nypost.com/2024/02/11/news/alaska-confirms-first-fatal-case-of-alaskapox/