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Option 2 : Kerala
The correct answer is Kerala.
- The first case of monkeypox was confirmed in India on 14 July 2022, after a person who had returned to Kerala from UAE developed symptoms of the disease.
- His samples were sent to National Virology Institute in Pune which confirmed the disease by 14 July evening.
- Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease with symptoms similar to smallpox.
- It was first found in monkeys in 1958.
- Monkeypox:
- Monkeypox is an infectious viral disease that can occur in humans and some other animals.
- Symptoms include fever, swollen lymph nodes, and a rash that forms blisters and then crusts over.
- The disease is caused by the monkeypox virus, a zoonotic virus in the genus Orthopoxvirus.
- The time from exposure to onset of symptoms ranges from 5 to 21 days.
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