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. 1972;46(5):593-7.

A human infection caused by monkeypox virus in Basankusu Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo

I D Ladnyj, P Ziegler, E Kima

A human infection caused by monkeypox virus in Basankusu Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo

I D Ladnyj et al. Bull World Health Organ. 1972.

Abstract

This paper presents clinical and epidemiological information on a patient with smallpox-like disease, from whom a monkeypox-like virus was isolated. The patient was the first recognized human monkeypox case in medical history.

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