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Case Reports
. 1983 Apr 2;1(8327):735-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(83)92027-5.

Human monkeypox transmitted by a chimpanzee in a tropical rain-forest area of Zaire

M Mutombo, I Arita, Z Jezek
Case Reports

Human monkeypox transmitted by a chimpanzee in a tropical rain-forest area of Zaire

M Mutombo et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

A case of monkeypox infection in a six-month-old baby girl who had been bitten by a wild chimpanzee in Kivu, Zaire, was investigated. The child had not been exposed to any monkeypox-like disease and no cases of such disease had occurred in the surrounding area during previous months. The time of onset of rash was consistent with the virus having been transmitted from the chimpanzee. However, it is still not known whether chimpanzees and other primates or lower mammals are the primary reservoir of monkeypox infection.

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