Re-emergence of human monkeypox in Zaire in 1996

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9063, 1997, Pages 1449-1450

  Mukinda, V B K ^e   Mwema, G ^e   Kilundu, M ^e   Heymann, D L ^e   Khan, A S ^e   Esposito, J J ^b,c,d   Koen, H ^e   Delfi, M ^a   Muyembe Tamfum, J J ^a   Kweteminga, T F ^e   Moudi, A ^e   Mangindula, L ^e   Loparev, V N ^e   Parsons, J M ^e   Jue, D L ^e   Crews, T W ^e   Knight, J C ^e  

^a Inst Natl de Rech Biomedicale   (Central African Republic)

^b Programme Elargi de Vaccination   (Central African Republic)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 17544397425     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)63725-7     Document Type: Article

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