 Monkeypox
"Monkeypox" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A viral disease infecting PRIMATES and RODENTS. Its clinical presentation in humans is similar to SMALLPOX including FEVER; HEADACHE; COUGH; and a painful RASH. It is caused by MONKEYPOX VIRUS and is usually transmitted to humans through BITES or via contact with an animal's BLOOD. Interhuman transmission is relatively low (significantly less than smallpox).
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D045908
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.743.615 C22.735.750 C22.795.600
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Monkeypox" by people in Profiles.
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Sbrana E, Jordan R, Hruby DE, Mateo RI, Xiao SY, Siirin M, Newman PC, DA Rosa AP, Tesh RB. Efficacy of the antipoxvirus compound ST-246 for treatment of severe orthopoxvirus infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Apr; 76(4):768-73.
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Sbrana E, Xiao SY, Newman PC, Tesh RB. Comparative pathology of North American and central African strains of monkeypox virus in a ground squirrel model of the disease. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Jan; 76(1):155-64.
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Xiao SY, Sbrana E, Watts DM, Siirin M, da Rosa AP, Tesh RB. Experimental infection of prairie dogs with monkeypox virus. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Apr; 11(4):539-45.
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Tesh RB, Watts DM, Sbrana E, Siirin M, Popov VL, Xiao SY. Experimental infection of ground squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) with monkeypox virus. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Sep; 10(9):1563-7.
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