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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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