A Nosocomial Outbreak of Human Monkeypox in the Central African Republic

An outbreak of familial monkeypox occurred in the Central African Republic in 2015/2016 by 3 transmission modes: familial, health care–related, and transport-related. Ten people (3 children and 7 adults) were infected. Most presented with cutaneous lesions and fever, and 2 children died. The viral s...

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Autores principales: Nakoune, Emmanuel, Lampaert, Emmanuel, Ndjapou, Séverin Gervais, Janssens, Carole, Zuniga, Isabel, Van Herp, Michel, Fongbia, Jean Paul, Koyazegbe, Thomas Daquin, Selekon, Benjamin, Komoyo, Giscard Francis, Garba-Ouangole, Sandra Miriella, Manengu, Casimir, Manuguerra, Jean-Claude, Kazanji, Mirdad, Gessain, Antoine, Berthet, Nicolas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5920348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29732376
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx168
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Sumario:An outbreak of familial monkeypox occurred in the Central African Republic in 2015/2016 by 3 transmission modes: familial, health care–related, and transport-related. Ten people (3 children and 7 adults) were infected. Most presented with cutaneous lesions and fever, and 2 children died. The viral strain responsible was a Zaire genotype strain.

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