Two men that eventually became America's first two cases had sought out treatment for rashes and warts multiple times before doctors finally tested them for the virus in mid-May, after an outbreak had begun in Europe, the reveals.A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Friday lays out a timeline for how these early cases were initially missed by local doctors, and the gap between patients noticing symptoms and finally being told they were infected.The first patient, in the Boston, area, had first experienced a rash around his anus and genitals on May 4, days before cases of the virus were first popping up around Europe. He was not tested for monkeypox until he was hospitalized due to severe pain.
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