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Human monkeypox in Kasai Oriental, Zaire (1996-1997).

Mwanbal PT Tshioko KF Moudi A Mukinda V Mwema GN Messinger D Okito L Barakymfyte D Malfait P Pebody R Szczeniowski M Esteves K Heymann D Hutin Y Williams RJ Khan AS Esposito JJ
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 1997 May ; 2(5); 33-35. doi: . Epub 2003 04 25

Abstract

Monkeypox is an orthopoxvirus with enzootic circulation in the rainforests of central and western Africa; the virus can be transmitted to humans and cause a syndrome clinically similar to smallpox (e.g., pustular rash, fever, respiratory symptoms, and in