Outbreaks of disease suspected of being due to human monkeypox virus infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2001

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2919-2921

  Meyer, Hermann ^a   Perrichot, Mathilde ^a   Stemmler, Markus ^a   Emmerich, Petra ^a   Schmitz, Herbert ^a   Varaine, Francis ^a   Shungu, Robert ^a   Tshioko, Florimond ^a   Formenty, Pierre ^a  

^a Sanitatsakademie der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGO; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; POXVIRIDAE;

EID: 0036702365     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.2919-2921.2002     Document Type: Article

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