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Article: First U.S. direct contact cases possible.
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- United Press International
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- June 13, 2003
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MILWAUKEE, Jun 13, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX)
Health officials were checking Friday into the possible first cases of person-to-person transmittal of the monkeypox virus in the United States.
Two health workers, who cared for monkeypox patients, and the boyfriend of one of them may have contacted the disease, officials said.
"We know the virus is not readily transmitted from person to person," said Herb Bostrom, director of communicable diseases for the Wisconsin ...