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Intrafamily Transmission of Monkeypox Virus, Central African Republic, 2018

Authors :
Arnaud Fontanet
Ella Cyrielle Gonofio
Nicolas Berthet
Benjamin Selekon
Xavier Konamna
Antoine Gessain
Emmanuel Nakouné
Camille Besombes
Jean-Claude Manuguerra
Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)
Institut Pasteur de Bangui
Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Pasteur-Cnam Risques infectieux et émergents (PACRI)
Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] (CNAM)
HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM)-HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM)
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] (CNAM)
HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM)
The authors thank Romain Duda for his assistance with identification of the animal species in Aka language. We also acknowledge Rebecca Grant for her relevant suggestion and her kind participation in the formatting of this research letter.
Institut Pasteur [Paris]
Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] (CNAM)
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, 25 (8), pp.1602-1604. ⟨10.3201/eid2508.190112⟩, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 8, Pp 1602-1604 (2019), Emerging Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019, 25 (8), pp.1602-1604. ⟨10.3201/eid2508.190112⟩
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019.

Abstract

International audience; Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic disease; primary infections are reported from remote forest areas of Central and West Africa. We report an investigation of a monkeypox outbreak in Lobaye, southwest Central African Republic, in October 2018.

Subjects

Subjects :
MESH: Monkeypox
Male
Epidemiology
animal diseases
viruses
lcsh:Medicine
MESH: Central African Republic / epidemiology
Zoonotic disease
West africa
Disease Outbreaks
0302 clinical medicine
[SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases
MESH: Child
MESH: Animals
030212 general & internal medicine
Orthopoxvirus
MESH: Disease Outbreaks
Monkeypox virus
Child
Central Africa
biology
Transmission (medicine)
virus diseases
respiratory system
MESH: Infant
3. Good health
Central African Republic
Infectious Diseases
Geography
MESH: Young Adult
Child, Preschool
Female
MESH: Zoonoses
MESH: History, 21st Century
Disease transmission
Intrafamily Transmission of Monkeypox Virus, Central African Republic, 2018
Microbiology (medical)
Adult
Adolescent
Health Personnel
030231 tropical medicine
education
History, 21st Century
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
03 medical and health sciences
Monkeypox
Young Adult
parasitic diseases
medicine
Research Letter
Animals
Humans
lcsh:RC109-216
Family
MESH: Family
MESH: Adolescent
MESH: Humans
lcsh:R
MESH: Child, Preschool
Outbreak
Infant
MESH: Adult
zoonosis
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Virology
MESH: Male
outbreak investigation
zoonoses
MESH: Health Personnel
MESH: Female

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806059 and 10806040
Volume :
25
Issue :
8
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....9a9848270826eb564d11b28eb1925981
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.190112⟩
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