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monkeypox virus detection in rodents using real-time 3'-minor groove binder taqman assays on the roche lightcycler.during the summer of 2003, an outbreak of human monkeypox occurred in the midwest region of the united states. in all, 52 rodents suspected of being infected with monkeypox virus were collected from an exotic pet dealer and from private homes. the rodents were euthanized and submitted for testing to the united states army medical research institute of infectious diseases by the galesburg animal disease laboratory, illinois department of agriculture. the rodent tissue samples were appropriately p ...200415208646
household transmission of vaccinia virus from contact with a military smallpox vaccinee--illinois and indiana, 2007.on march 7, 2007, the chicago department of public health and the university of chicago pediatric infectious disease service and infection control program notified cdc of a child with presumed eczema vaccinatum (ev), a life-threatening complication of vaccinia virus infection. this is the first reported ev case in the united states since 1988. this report summarizes the epidemiologic and environmental investigations conducted by local, state, and federal public health authorities in illinois and ...200717510612
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