Transmission of monkeypox among persons exposed to infected prairie dogs in Indiana in 2003

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1022-1025

  Kile, James C ^a,f   Fleischauer, Aaron T ^b   Beard, Bradley ^d   Kuehnert, Matthew J ^c   Kanwal, Richard S ^e   Pontones, Pamela ^d   Messersmith, Hans J ^d,g   Teclaw, Robert ^d   Karem, Kevin L ^c   Braden, Zachary H ^c   Damon, Inger ^c   Khan, Ali S ^b   Fischer, Marc ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^d INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^f U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^g MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONKEYPOX; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PRAIRIE DOG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEROCONVERSION; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, VIRAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONKEYPOX; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCIURIDAE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 27744538401     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.11.1022     Document Type: Article

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