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            2 monkeypox strains in US suggest                                                                                                HEALTH


            possible undetected spread                                                                                             DOCTOR ON DUTY


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            By MIKE STOBBE                                                                         Caribbean Palm Village Resort   Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
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            health  officials  said.  Each   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-                     Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
                                         shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions,
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            cases last year, before the   2003 prairie dog outbreak.                                                            EMERGENCY
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            to  determine  how  long  gan  emerging  in  Europe  The  illness  typically  be-                                   San  Nicolas      584 5000
            monkeypox  has  been  cir-   and  the  United  States.  gins  with  flu-like  symptoms                              Police Tipline      11141
            culating  in  the  U.S.  and  Many  —  but  not  all  —  of  and  swelling  of  the  lymph                          Ambulancia        911
            elsewhere,  said  Jennifer  those  who  contracted  the  nodes,  followed  by  a  rash                              Fire Dept.        115
            McQuiston  of  the  Centers  virus  had  traveled  interna-  on the face and body.                                  Red Cross         582 2219
            for  Disease  Control  and  tionally, and health officials  No   monkeypox    deaths                                TAXI SERVICES
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            "I  think  it's  certainly  pos-  countries are investigating.  U.S.  or  Europe  so  far.  But                     Prof. Taxi     588 0035
            sible that there could have  As  of  Friday,  the  U.S.  had  that could change if infec-                           Taxi D.T.S.    587 2300
            been  monkeypox  cases  in  identified at least 20 cases  tions start occurring in more                             Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
            the United States that went  in  11  states.  Hundreds  of  vulnerable people, like very                            A1 Taxi Serv.   280 2828
            under the radar previously,  other  cases  have  been  young  children  or  people                                  Women in Difficulties
            but  not  to  any  great  de-  found  in  other  countries,  with  weakened  immune                                 TRAVEL INFO
            gree," she told reporters Fri-  many  apparently  tied  to  systems, Rasmussen said.                                Aruba Airport   524 2424
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            "there  could  be  commu-    cent raves in Europe.        cern:  Even  if  outbreaks                                Avianca       588 0059
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            happening" in parts of U.S.  cases  outside  Africa  have  tained, it's possible the virus                          Surinam       582 7896
            where the virus has not yet  been in men who have sex  could take hold in the U.S.                                  Women in Difficulties
            been identified.             with  men,  but  health  offi-  rodent  population  —  ei-                             AID FOUNDATIONS
            The CDC said it is trying to  cials stress that anyone can  ther through pets or unwel-                             FAVI- Visually Impaired
            increase  its  work  on  find-  get monkeypox.            come rodents in homes.                                    Tel. 582 5051
            ing infections, and it's likely  One  heterosexual  woman  "It's not out of the question,"
            more  cases  will  be  report-  is among the U.S. cases un-  Rasmussen said.q                                       Alcoholics Anonymous
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            Rasmussen,  a  virologist  at                                                                                       Centre for Diabetes
            the  University  of  Saskatch-                                                                                      Tel. 524 8888
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            It's  not  clear  how  long  in-
            fections  have  been  hap-                                                                                          Quota Club Tel. 525 2672
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            pening,  and  where.  Some                                                                                          General Info
            infections  may  have  been
            misdiagnosed  as  some-                                                                                             Phone Directory Tel. 118
            thing else.
            "We  don't  really  have  a
            good  sense  of  how  many
            cases there are out there,"
            Rasmussen said.
            Monkeypox  is  endemic  in
            parts of Africa, where peo-
            ple  have  been  infected
            through  bites  from  rodents
            or  small  animals.  It  does
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