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JAMA. 2003;290:30-31.

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MMWR. 2003;52:537-540

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CDC has received reports of patients with a febrile rash illness who had close contact with pet prairie dogs and other animals. The Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin, identified a virus morphologically consistent with a poxvirus by electron microscopy of skin lesion tissue from a patient, lymph node tissue from the patient's pet prairie dog, and isolates of virus from culture of these tissues. Additional laboratory testing at CDC indicated that the causative agent is a monkeypox virus, a member of the orthopoxvirus group. This report summarizes initial descriptive epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory data, interim infection-control guidance, and new animal import regulations.

As of June 10, a total of 53 cases had been investigated in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Of these, 29 (49%) cases were among males; the median age was 26 years (range: 4-53 years). Data were unavailable for sex and age for . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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