What You Should Know About Monkeypox

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Monkeypox is a rare viral disease that occurs mostly in central and western Africa. It is called “monkeypox” because it was first found in 1958 in laboratory monkeys. Blood tests of animals in Africa later found that other types of animals probably had monkeypox. Scientists also recovered the virus that causes monkeypox from an African squirrel. These types of squirrels might be the common host for the disease. Rats, mice, and rabbits can get monkeypox, too. Monkeypox was reported in humans for the first time in 1970.
• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Infection Control Mpox (monkeypox)/prevention & Control
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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