阿拉斯卡痘是一种新发现的病毒性疾病，这是第一例死亡病例。 First fatal case of Alaskapox, a newly identified viral disease.
阿拉斯加州卫生部报告了首例已知的致命阿拉斯卡痘感染，这种病毒感染导致 2024 年 1 月基奈半岛一名男子死亡。 The State of Alaska Department of Health reports the first known fatal infection of Alaskapox, a viral infection that led to the death of a Kenai Peninsula man in January 2024. 该男子因肩部疼痛而住院。 The man had been hospitalized due to a painful lesion in his shoulder area. 在他去世前，疾病控制和预防中心确认该男子体内存在阿拉斯卡痘病毒，这种病毒八年前首次在一名女性身上发现。 Before his death, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the presence of Alaskapox in the man, a virus first discovered in a woman over eight years ago. 除了是第一例致命的人类病例外，这是费尔班克斯地区以外有记录的第一例人类感染病例，表明这种已知由小型哺乳动物携带的病毒已经传播到该内陆社区的野生动物种群之外。 Aside from being the first fatal human case, it is the documented first human infection outside of the Fairbanks area, indicating that the virus, which is known to be harbored by small mammals, has spread beyond the wildlife populations in that Interior community.