Infant, Women Test Positive for Monkeypox in Washington County

A health care worker administers a dose of Imvanex, a vaccine to protect against Monkeypox virus, at a municipal vaccination centre in Marseille, France, on Aug. 10, 2022. Christophe Simon/AFP via Getty Images

Three women and an infant from King County, Washington, have reportedly tested positive for monkeypox infection. One of the three females who contracted the virus is said to have been exposed to it through sexual activity.

The infected infant is believed to have been exposed to the monkeypox virus (MPV) through an infected family member. The child was not infected from childcare, school, or another public setting, according to an Aug. 24 update published at the Public Health Insider, a portal maintained by members of the Communications Team at Public Health–Seattle & King County.