(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 19 - The first case of monkey smallpox has
been identified in Italy in a man who returned from a stay in
the Canary Islands and presented with smallpox symptoms to
Rome's Umberto I Hospital.
The tests that found the disease were carried out at Italy's
premier infectious disease hospital, the Spallanzani, also in
the Italian capital.
First case of monkey smallpox ID'd in Italy
Man came back from Canary Islands, disease found at Spallanzani