Other Human Disease — United States
In August [2020], a Fairbanks resident visited her doctor’s office with a mysterious gray lesion on her left upper arm, along with shoulder pain, fatigue, and a fever.
According to a report issued by the state Wednesday [30 Sep 2020], this woman was later diagnosed with the 2nd-ever known case of a new species of a double-stranded DNA virus called “Alaskapox,” which comes from the same genus as smallpox.
While very little is known about Alaskapox at this point, it is encouraging to see
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