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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, * 
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1 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]
Abstract : 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
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Camille Besombes, Ella Gonofio, Xavier Konamna, Benjamin Selekon, Antoine Gessain, et al.. Intrafamily Transmission of Monkeypox Virus, Central African Republic, 2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019, 25 (8), pp.1602-1604. ⟨10.3201/eid2508.190112⟩. ⟨pasteur-02917509⟩

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