Intrafamily Transmission of Monkeypox Virus, Central African Republic, 2018

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Besombes, Camille ; Gonofio, Ella ; Konamna, Xavier ; Selekon, Benjamin ; Gessain, Antoine ; Berthet, Nicolas ; Manuguerra, Jean-Claude ; Fontanet, Arnaud ; Nakouné, Emmanuel
• Description:
  Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic disease; primary infections are reported from remote forest areas of Central and West Africa. We report an investigation of a monkeypox outbreak in Lobaye, southwest Central African Republic, in October 2018.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Animals Child Child, Preschool Disease Outbreaks Family Female Health Personnel History, 21St Century Humans Infant Male Monkeypox Virus Mpox (monkeypox)/Epidemiology Mpox (monkeypox)/History Mpox (monkeypox)/Transmission Mpox (monkeypox)/Virology Young Adult Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 25(8):1602-1604
• Pubmed ID:
  31216261
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6649310
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Historical Article ; Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Central African Republic
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:28e5155f8567cdcb53254cc36606460fc133412ea2c5332ff13cca166ca00dec
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/80334/cdc_80334_DS1.pdf
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