Intrafamily Transmission of Monkeypox Virus, Central African Republic, 2018

Camille Besombes (1) , Ella Gonofio (2) , Xavier Konamna (2) , Benjamin Selekon (2) , Antoine Gessain (1, 3) , Nicolas Berthet (1, 3) , Jean-Claude Manuguerra (1) , Arnaud Fontanet (1, 4, 5) , Emmanuel Nakouné (2)

1 IP - Institut Pasteur [Paris]
2 Institut Pasteur de Bangui
3 CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
4 PACRI - Pasteur-Cnam Risques infectieux et émergents
5 CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM]

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.

Keywords: Central Africa; Monkeypox virus; Orthopoxvirus; outbreak investigation; viruses; zoonoses

Domains: Infectious diseases

Camille Besombes, Ella Gonofio, Xavier Konamna, Benjamin Selekon, Antoine Gessain, et al.. Intrafamily Transmission of Monkeypox Virus, Central African Republic, 2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, 25 (8), pp.1602-1604. ⟨10.3201/eid2508.190112⟩. ⟨pasteur-02917509⟩