A Nosocomial Outbreak of Human Monkeypox in the Central African Republic-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Nosocomial Outbreak of Human Monkeypox in the Central African Republic

Published:2017 Issue:4 Volume:4 Page:
ISSN:2328-8957
Container-title:Open Forum Infectious Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:

Author:

Nakoune Emmanuel¹,Lampaert Emmanuel²,Ndjapou Séverin Gervais³,Janssens Carole²,Zuniga Isabel²,Van Herp Michel²,Fongbia Jean Paul³,Koyazegbe Thomas Daquin⁴,Selekon Benjamin¹,Komoyo Giscard Francis¹,Garba-Ouangole Sandra Miriella¹,Manengu Casimir⁴,Manuguerra Jean-Claude⁵,Kazanji Mirdad¹,Gessain Antoine⁶⁷,Berthet Nicolas⁵⁷⁸

Affiliation:

1. Virology Department, Institut Pasteur de Bangui,Bangui, Central African Republic

2. Médecins Sans Frontière (MSF) Belgique, Bangui, Central African Republic

3. Ministère de la Santé, de l’Hygiène Publique et de la Population, Bangui, Central African Republic

4. World Health Organization, Bangui, Central African Republic

5. Unité Environnement et Risques Infectieux, Cellule d’Intervention Biologique d’Urgence, and

6. Epidemiology and Physiopathology of Oncogenic Viruses, Institut Pasteur,Paris, France

7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR3569, Paris, France

8. Department of Zoonosis and Emerging Diseases, Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF),Franceville, Gabon

Abstract

Abstract An outbreak of familial monkeypox occurred in the Central African Republic in 2015/2016 by 3 transmission modes: familial, health care–related, and transport-related. Ten people (3 children and 7 adults) were infected. Most presented with cutaneous lesions and fever, and 2 children died. The viral strain responsible was a Zaire genotype strain.

Funder

Institut Pasteur de Bangui

Institut Pasteur of Paris, France

Ministère de la Coopération Française

Government of Gabon

Total-Fina-Elf Gabon

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Oncology

Link

http://academic.oup.com/ofid/article-pdf/4/4/ofx168/33623867/ofx168.pdf