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Human Monkeypox

Authors :
Chikwe Ihekweazu
Eskild Petersen
Alimuddin Zumla
Marion Koopmans
D. Asogun
Adesola Yinka-Ogunleye
Anu Kantele
Source :
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 33:1027-1043
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2019.

Abstract

Recently, concern has been raised about the emergence of human monkeypox virus and the occasionally severe clinical presentation bearing resemblance to that of smallpox. In 2018 3 patients in the UK were diagnosed with monkeypox, and the frequency and geographic distribution of cases across West and Central Africa have increased in recent years. In Nigeria, most monkeypox patients are aged

Details

ISSN :
08915520
Volume :
33
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
Accession number :
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