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The detection of monkeypox in humans in the Western Hemisphere.
Kurt D Reed
1 ,
John W Melski ,
Mary Beth Graham ,
Russell L Regnery ,
Mark J Sotir ,
Mark V Wegner ,
James J Kazmierczak ,
Erik J Stratman ,
Yu Li ,
Janet A Fairley ,
Geoffrey R Swain ,
Victoria A Olson ,
Elizabeth K Sargent ,
Sue C Kehl ,
Michael A Frace ,
Richard Kline ,
Seth L Foldy ,
Jeffrey P Davis ,
Inger K Damon
Jan 22 2004
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Abstract
During May and June 2003, an outbreak of febrile illness with vesiculopustular eruptions occurred among persons in the midwestern United States who had had contact with ill pet prairie dogs obtained through a common distributor. Zoonotic transmission of a bacterial or viral pathogen was suspected.