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four generations of probable person-to-person transmission of human monkeypox.	this paper examines an outbreak of five cases of human monkeypox which occurred in children belonging to two families living in the west kasai region of zaire during may-july 1983. epidemiologic investigations suggest that the first case was infected from an animal source, possibly a monkey, and that each of the other four cases was infected from a previous human case. three of these cases of presumed person-to-person transmission occurred in close household contacts. the other case infection oc ...	1986	3010703
human monkeypox in kasai oriental, zaire (1996-1997).		1997	9109325
human monkeypox--kasai oriental, zaire, 1996-1997.	monkeypox is an orthopoxvirus with enzootic circulation in rainforests of central and western africa; the virus can be transmitted to humans and cause a syndrome clinically similar to smallpox (e.g., pustular rash, fever, respiratory symptoms, and in some cases, death). from february through august 1996, a total of 71 clinical cases of monkeypox, including six deaths, occurred in 13 villages in africa in the katako-kombe health zone (1996 combined population: 15,698), sankuru subregion, kasai or ...	1997	9132583