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A man in Dallas, Texas, has been hospitalized with monkeypox, a rare condition similar to smallpox, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The unnamed man was returning from a trip in Lagos, Nigeria, and had taken a stop in Atlanta, Georgia, on his way home.
Health officials are working to find who may have been in contact with the man as he traveled.
This is the first case of the virus ever reported in Texas, according to the Dallas Morning News.
Monkeypox was first discovered in the crab-eating macaque (pictured)
The virus spreads via respiratory droplets in the air, and, fortunately, people on the planes the man rode were required to wear masks due to COVID-19 protocols.
Masks could have potentially prevented the spread of monkeypox as well.
