Endemic Human Monkeypox, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2001–2004

By analyzing vesicle fluids and crusted scabs from 136 persons with suspected monkeypox, we identified 51 cases of monkeypox by PCR, sequenced the hemagglutinin gene, and confirmed 94% of cases by virus culture. PCR demonstrated chickenpox in 61 patients. Coinfection with both viruses was found in 1...

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Autores principales: Rimoin, Anne W., Kisalu, Neville, Kebela-Ilunga, Benoit, Mukaba, Thibaut, Wright, Linda L., Formenty, Pierre, Wolfe, Nathan D., Shongo, Robert Loshima, Tshioko, Florimond, Okitolonda, Emile, Muyembe, Jean-Jacques, Ryder, Robert W., Meyer, Hermann
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17553242
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.061540
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Sumario:By analyzing vesicle fluids and crusted scabs from 136 persons with suspected monkeypox, we identified 51 cases of monkeypox by PCR, sequenced the hemagglutinin gene, and confirmed 94% of cases by virus culture. PCR demonstrated chickenpox in 61 patients. Coinfection with both viruses was found in 1 additional patient.

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