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A Silent Enzootic of an Orthopoxvirus in Ghana, West Africa: Evidence for Multi-Species Involvement in the Absence of Widespread Human Disease
Human monkeypox has never been reported in Ghana, but rodents captured in forested areas of southern Ghana were the source of the monkeypox virus introduced into the United States in 2003. Subsequent to the outbreak in the United States, 204 animals were collected from two commercial trapping sites...
Autores principales: | Reynolds, Mary G., Carroll, Darin S., Olson, Victoria A., Hughes, Christine, Galley, Jack, Likos, Anna, Montgomery, Joel M., Suu-Ire, Richard, Kwasi, Mubarak O., Jeffrey Root, J., Braden, Zach, Abel, Jason, Clemmons, Cody, Regnery, Russell, Karem, Kevin, Damon, Inger K. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2844556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20348530 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0716 |
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