1. Co-Circulating Monkeypox and Swinepox Viruses, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2022
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Thierry Kalonji, Emile Malembi, Jean Paul Matela, Toutou Likafi, Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki, Emmanuel Hasivirwe Vakaniaki, Nicole A. Hoff, Amuri Aziza, Francisca Muyembe, Joelle Kabamba, Tine Cooreman, Béatrice Nguete, Danae Witte, Ahidjo Ayouba, Nicolas Fernandez-Nuñez, Stijn Roge, Martine Peeters, Sydney Merritt, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Eric Delaporte, Elisabeth Pukuta, Joachim Mariën, Eugene Bangwen, Steven Lakin, Charles Lewis, Jeffrey B. Doty, Laurens Liesenborghs, Lisa E. Hensley, Andrea McCollum, Anne W. Rimoin, Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Robert Shongo, Didine Kaba, and Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
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monkeypox virus ,mpox ,swinepox virus ,swinepox ,orthopoxvirus ,infectious diseases ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
In September 2022, deaths of pigs manifesting pox-like lesions caused by swinepox virus were reported in Tshuapa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Two human mpox cases were found concurrently in the surrounding community. Specific diagnostics and robust sequencing are needed to characterize multiple poxviruses and prevent potential poxvirus transmission.
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- 2024
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