Clinical characteristics of human monkeypox, and risk factors for severe disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1742-1751

  Huhn, Gregory D ^a,e   Bauer, Audrey M ^c   Yorita, Krista ^b   Graham, Mary Beth ^d   Sejvar, James ^b   Likos, Anna ^b   Damon, Inger K ^b   Reynolds, Mary G ^b   Kuehnert, Matthew J ^b  

^a Public Health Division   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e Access Community Health Network (ACCESS)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MONKEYPOX; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; MOUTH ULCER; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NOSE CONGESTION; OTALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RIGOR; RISK FACTOR; SORE THROAT; SWEAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

EID: 28744456362     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498115     Document Type: Article

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