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. 2022 Aug;28(8):1738.
doi: 10.3201/eid2808.220726. Epub 2022 Jul 7.

Imported Monkeypox from International Traveler, Maryland, USA, 2021

Faisal S Minhaj, Agam K Rao, Andrea M McCollum

Imported Monkeypox from International Traveler, Maryland, USA, 2021

Faisal S Minhaj et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: Monkeypox; Orthopoxvirus; United States; poxvirus; public health; viruses.

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  • CostelloV , SowashM , GaurA , CardisM , PasiekaH , WortmannG , et al. Imported monkeypox from international traveler, Maryland, USA, 2021. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022;28:1002–5. 10.3201/eid2805.220292

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