Co-Circulating Monkeypox and Swinepox Viruses, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2022

Authors :: 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
Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 30, Iss 4, Pp 761-765 (2024)
Publication Year :: 2024
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024.
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.

Subjects :: monkeypox virus
mpox
swinepox virus
swinepox
orthopoxvirus
infectious diseases
Medicine
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216

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