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Ecological Niche and Geographic Distribution of Human Monkeypox in Africa

Monkeypox virus, a zoonotic member of the genus Orthopoxviridae, can cause a severe, smallpox-like illness in humans. Monkeypox virus is thought to be endemic to forested areas of western and Central Africa. Considerably more is known about human monkeypox disease occurrence than about natural sylva...

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Autores principales: Levine, Rebecca S., Peterson, A.Townsend, Yorita, Krista L., Carroll, Darin, Damon, Inger K., Reynolds, Mary G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1769466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17268575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000176