What is Monkeypox? What are Monkeypox symptoms? Answers about a rare disease By FOX 4 Staff article Being examined by Congolese doctors, a Manfuette village teenage boy is suspected of suffering from the MonkeyPox virus in Manfuette, Republic of Congo Tuesday August 29, 2017. In a remote northern village within Central Africa, a team from the Cente Expand DALLAS - Officials announced Friday a Dallas resident tested positive for Monkeypox after traveling from Nigeria to Dallas. It's believed to be the first-ever case of the rare disease in Texas. The CDC provides answers to common questions about the disease, which Americans rarely – if ever – encounter.