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. 2018 Sep;23(38):1800509.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.38.1800509.

Two cases of monkeypox imported to the United Kingdom, September 2018

Aisling Vaughan  1   2 , Emma Aarons  3 , John Astbury  4 , Sooria Balasegaram  4 , Mike Beadsworth  5   6 , Charles R Beck  7   4 , Meera Chand  8   9   10 , Catherine O'Connor  1 , Jake Dunning  8   11 , Sam Ghebrehewet  4 , Nick Harper  12 , Ruth Howlett-Shipley  13 , Chikwe Ihekweazu  14 , Michael Jacobs  11 , Lukeki Kaindama  15 , Parisha Katwa  15 , Saye Khoo  5   6 , Lucy Lamb  13   11 , Sharon Mawdsley  12 , Dilys Morgan  1 , Ruth Palmer  12 , Nick Phin  8 , Katherine Russell  1 , Bengü Said  1 , Andrew Simpson  3 , Roberto Vivancos  2   16   4 , Michael Wade  4 , Amanda Walsh  1 , Jennifer Wilburn  1
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Two cases of monkeypox imported to the United Kingdom, September 2018

Aisling Vaughan et al. Euro Surveill. 2018 Sep.

Abstract

In early September 2018, two cases of monkeypox were reported in the United Kingdom (UK), diagnosed on 7 September in Cornwall (South West England) and 11 September in Blackpool (North West England). The cases were epidemiologically unconnected and had recently travelled to the UK from Nigeria, where monkeypox is currently circulating. We describe the epidemiology and the public health response for the first diagnosed cases outside the African continent since 2003.

Keywords: England; Monkeypox; Nigeria; Poxvirus; United Kingdom.

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