Austria's first case of monkeypox confirmed, Vienna health authority says
An electron microscopic (EM) image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virus particles as well as crescents and spherical particles of immature virions, obtained from a clinical human skin sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak in this undated image obtained by Reuters on May 18, 2022. (Photo: Cynthia S Goldsmith, Russell Regnery/CDC/Handout via REUTERS)
VIENNA: Austria's first case of monkeypox has been confirmed, Vienna's health authority said on Sunday after reporting the case as suspected.
"Suspected case of pox viruses confirmed," the health authority , adding that the male patient had tested positive for the viruses and given his symptoms it was safe to assume it was monkeypox. He was taken to a city hospital on Sunday with fever and skin lesions, it said.
