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Wisconsin's 1st monkeypox case identified, DHS says Wis.'s DANE COUNTY - The state Department of Health Services said on Thursday, June 30 that an individual living in Dane County has been diagnosed with Wisconsin's first case of orthopoxvirus, which is thought to be monkeypox. Despite the likelihood that more cases will be discovered in Wisconsin, Dr. Ryan Westergaard, chief medical officer of DHS and state epidemiologist, remarked, "We are happy that this disease does not travel quickly from person to person." We want the general public to be aware that there is still a low chance of widespread transmission. Source State health officials want to convey the information as cases of the unusual monkeypox appear in more and more locations. "What we're witnessing now is transmission," Westergaard added, "assisted by international travel among other things." It doesn't create a serious illness and isn't very contagious, but it's imp...