Re-emergence of monkeypox in Africa: A review of the past six years

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 693-702

  Heymann, David L ^a   Szczeniowski, Mark ^a   Esteves, Karin ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINIA VACCINE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGO; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOREST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; VACCINIA; VIRUS INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0031751486     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011720     Document Type: Review

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