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Wednesday 17 November 2010
Monkeypox risk mapped
Hunting rope squirrels for food could be fuelling cases of monkeypox in the Congo basin
Researchers probing risk factors for human cases of monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a ?hotspot? of the disease, found that people living near dense forests favoured by rope squirrels are more likely to contract the virus.
?Our finding... is consistent with the fact that rope squirrels are the only natural host that have been demonstrated to transmit the monkeypox virus directly to humans in Africa,? write Trevon Fuller and colleagues this month in EcoHealth....
...Reference and link
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Fuller T, Thomassen HA, Mulembakani PM, Johnston SC, Lloyd-Smith JO, Kisalu NK, et al. Using remote sensing to map the risk of human monkeypox virus in the Congo Basin. EcoHealth 2010. doi: 10.1007/s10393-010-0355-5
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention information about monkeypox
Wednesday 17 November 2010
Monkeypox risk mapped
Hunting rope squirrels for food could be fuelling cases of monkeypox in the Congo basin
Researchers probing risk factors for human cases of monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a ?hotspot? of the disease, found that people living near dense forests favoured by rope squirrels are more likely to contract the virus.
?Our finding... is consistent with the fact that rope squirrels are the only natural host that have been demonstrated to transmit the monkeypox virus directly to humans in Africa,? write Trevon Fuller and colleagues this month in EcoHealth....
...Reference and link
1.
Fuller T, Thomassen HA, Mulembakani PM, Johnston SC, Lloyd-Smith JO, Kisalu NK, et al. Using remote sensing to map the risk of human monkeypox virus in the Congo Basin. EcoHealth 2010. doi: 10.1007/s10393-010-0355-5
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention information about monkeypox