Monkeypox: An epidemiologic and clinical comparison of African and US disease

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 478-481

  Sale, Tanya A ^a   Melski, John W ^b   Stratman, Erik J ^b  

^a Aspen Medical Group   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CIDOFOVIR;

AFRICA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FATALITY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL CARE; MONKEYPOX; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DEFECT; SMALLPOX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MONKEYPOX; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33746906693     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.05.061     Document Type: Review

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