Assessing Monkeypox Virus Prevalence in Small Mammals at the Human–Animal Interface in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

B. Doty, Jeffrey; Malekani, Jean; N. Kalemba, Lem’s; T. Stanley, William; Monroe, Benjamin; Nakazawa, Yoshinori; R. Mauldin, Matthew; L. Bakambana, Trésor; L. D. Liyandja, Tobit; Braden, Zachary; Wallace, Ryan; Malekani, Divin; M. McCollum, Andrea; Gallardo‐Romero, Nadia; V. Kondas, Ashley; Townsend Peterson, A.; E. Osorio, Jorge; E. Rocke, Tonie; L. Karem, Kevin; L. Emerson, Ginny; S. Carroll, Darin

doi:10.3390/v9100283

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Assessing Monkeypox Virus Prevalence in Small Mammals at the Human–Animal Interface in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Published in Viruses • Oct 3, 2017

Authors:

Jeffrey B. Doty

Jean Malekani

Lem’s N. Kalemba

Abstract

During 2012, 2013 and 2015, we collected small mammals within 25 km of the town of Boende in Tshuapa Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The prevalence of monkeypox virus (MPXV) in this area is unknown; however, cases of human infection were previously confirmed near these collection sit...

Subject

Monkeypox

Orthopoxvirus

Biology

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