Clinico-epidemiological features of monkeypox patients with an animal or human source of infection

Clinical and laboratory examinations were carried out on a total of 338 monkeypox patients in Zaire from 1981 to 1986. An animal source of infection was suspected in 245 (72%) and interhuman transmission for the remaining 93 patients. Among those whose infection was presumably acquired from an anima...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1988, Vol.66 (4), p.459-464
Hauptverfasser:	Jezek, Z, Grab, B, Szczeniowski, M, Paluku, K M, Mutombo, M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Animals Child Child, Preschool Democratic Republic of the Congo Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Monkeypox virus - pathogenicity Poxviridae Infections - transmission Sex Factors Virulence Zoonoses - transmission
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