The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) and Jefferson County Department of Health
have received a report from the ADPH Bureau of Clinical Laboratories of
a positive specimen of monkeypox in a person who lives in the Jefferson
County region. This is the second case to be identified in Alabama to
date. Additional information on the first case of monkeypox identified
in Alabama is available in a news release sent out on July 15, 2022 (alabamapublichealth.gov/blog/2022/07/nr_15.html).
Additional positive cases of monkeypox are expected as testing for the
virus continues throughout the state. For more information about
monkeypox, visit the ADPH monkeypox webpage at alabamapublichealth.gov/monkeypox or the CDC monkeypox webpage at cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox.