| Literature DB >> 26283752 |
Andrea M McCollum1, Yoshinori Nakazawa2, Guy Mutombo Ndongala2, Elisabeth Pukuta2, Stomy Karhemere2, Robert Shongo Lushima2, Benoit Kebela Ilunga2, Joelle Kabamba2, Kimberly Wilkins2, Jinxin Gao2, Yu Li2, Ginny Emerson2, Inger K Damon2, Darin S Carroll2, Mary G Reynolds2, Jean Malekani2, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum2.
Abstract
Monkeypox (MPX) is a zoonotic Orthopoxvirus infection endemic in central and western Africa. Human MPX cases occur in the central and northern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and this is the first report of confirmed MPX cases in the forested areas of North and South Kivu Provinces, with a detailed epidemiological investigation for one case. The location of each case is within areas predicted to be suitable for MPX virus transmission based on an ecological niche model. Phylogenetic analysis places these viruses in the Congo Basin clade. © The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26283752 PMCID: PMC4596588 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0095
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg ISSN: 0002-9637 Impact factor: 2.345