Monkeypox: A review of the history and emergence in the Western hemisphere

Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 280-287

  Ligon, B Lee ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG BITE; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MONKEYPOX; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH; REVIEW; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONKEYPOX; RODENTIA; SMALLPOX VACCINE; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 5644257465     PISSN: 10451870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.spid.2004.09.001     Document Type: Review

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