First Case Of Monkeypox In Us 2024 By State. It was first identified in. In the u.s., the first monkeypox case in the current outbreak was identified on may 18, 2022.

Mpox (monkeypox) is a viral disease that occurs mostly in central and western africa. Has had outbreaks of clade ii mpox, mostly among men who have sex with men, but also in some nonbinary and transgender people, according.