Riverside County, California, has reported its first pediatric case of MPX, in a child under 10 years old.
The child, a resident of western Riverside County, is recovering at home and didn’t require hospitalization, health officials said. The public health department is trying to determine how the child became infected with MPX, also known as monkeypox.
Pediatric cases of MPX are rare. According to the California Department of Public Health‘s tally, as of Tuesday — the most recent day for which data were reported — of the 4,453 MPX cases statewide, only seven have occurred among children 15 or younger.
