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Germany detects first case of monkeypox - military medical service

20 May 2022 - 12:30 By Reuters
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A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 500X magnification on day two of rash development in 1968.
A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 500X magnification on day two of rash development in 1968.
Image: CDC/Handout via REUTERS/ File photo

Germany has detected its first case of monkeypox, the German armed forces' medical service said on Friday.

"The Institute for Microbiology of the German Armed Forces in Munich has now also detected the monkeypox virus beyond doubt for the first time in Germany on 19 May 2022 in a patient with characteristic skin lesions," the service said in a statement.

Reuters 

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