2003 United States outbreak of monkeypox

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology.
• Description:
  In 2003, the U.S. experienced an outbreak of monkeypox. This was the first time human monkeypox was reported outside of Africa. ; How was monkeypox first diagnosed in the United States? ; The clinical features of the illness in U.S. patients—fever, headache, muscle aches, and rash— were consistent with those of monkeypox. Initially, scientists at the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wisconsin, recovered a virus resembling a poxvirus from one of the first patients and the patient’s pet prairie dog. Laboratory tests at CDC—including several PCR-based assays looking for poxvirus DNA, electron microscopy, and gene sequencing—confirmed that the agent causing the illnesses was monkeypox virus. ; Which states were affected by the outbreak? ; Forty-seven confirmed and probable cases of monkeypox were reported from six states—Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin – during the 2003 U.S. outbreak.
• Subjects:
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Mpox (monkeypox)
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/108095/cdc_108095_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 153.50 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f64e2307507dc7dbd9b92fb36259fec7152077002629150d7739ce64cdff1363