Human monkeypox outbreak caused by novel virus belonging to Congo Basin clade, Sudan, 2005

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1539-1545

  Formenty, Pierre ^a   Muntasir, Mohammed O ^b   Damon, Inger ^c   Chowdhary, Vipul ^d   Opoka, Martin L ^a   Monimart, Charlotte ^d   Mutasim, Elmangory M ^f   Manuguerra, Jean Claude ^g   Davidson, Whitni B ^c   Karem, Kevin L ^c   Cabeza, Jeanne ^d   Wang, Sharlenna ^a   Malik, Mamunur R ^a   Durand, Thierry ^d   Khalid, Abdalhalim ^d   Rioton, Thomas ^d   Kuong Ruay, Andrea ^e   Babiker, Alimagboul A ^b   Karsani, Mubarak E M ^f   Abdalla, Magdi S ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

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

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^e World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean ^*  (Sudan)

^f National Public Health Laboratory   (Sudan)

^g INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MONKEYPOX; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SORE THROAT; SUDAN; VIROLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; MALE; MONKEYPOX; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958582492     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1610.100713     Document Type: Article

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