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(CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an "Alert -- Level 2" advisory for travelers to "practice enhanced precautions" because of the spread of monkeypox, a rare disease that's a cousin of smallpox.

On its advisory, the CDC said that the "risk to the general public is low, but you should seek medical care immediately if you develop new, unexplained skin rash (lesions on any part of the body), with or without fever and chills."

The CDC has three types of levels it might issue as cases have been reported in dozens of destinations. The levels are:

• Watch -- Level 1: Practice usual precautionsAlert -- Level 2: Practice enhanced precautionsWarning -- Level 3: Avoid nonessential travel

On its website, the CDC has not applied levels to specific destinations, as it does with Covid-19.

• Avoid close contact with sick people, including those with skin or genital lesions.
• Avoid contact with dead or live wild animals. This includes rodents such as rats and squirrels and nonhuman primates such as monkeys and apes.
• Avoid eating or preparing meat from wild game or using products derived from wild animals from Africa such as creams, lotions and powders.
• Avoid contact with contaminated materials used by sick people such as clothing, bedding or materials used in healthcare settings or with materials that came into contact with infected animals.

The Eiffel Tower in Paris. France is one of the destinations that has reported cases of monkeypox.

Usually associated with tropical Africa, confirmed cases of monkeypox are now global. The CDC says cases have been reported in Europe, North America, South America, North Africa, the Middle East and Australia.

• ArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBelgiumCanadaCzech RepublicDenmarkEnglandFinlandFranceGermanyGibraltarHungaryIrelandIsraelItalyLatviaMaltaMexicoMoroccoNetherlandsNorthern IrelandNorwayPortugalScotlandSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUnited Arab EmiratesUnited StatesWales

The United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), Spain and Portugal have so far reported the most cases, each with more than 100 as of June 6. All other destinations reported fewer than 100 cases as of June 6. Click here to see a current CDC global outbreak map.

The palms of a monkeypox case patient in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997.

There is an incubation period of some seven to 14 days, the CDC said. Initial symptoms are typically flu-like, such as fever, chills, exhaustion, headache and muscle weakness, followed by swelling in the lymph nodes, which help the body fight infection and disease.