| a review of experimental and natural infections of animals with monkeypox virus between 1958 and 2012. | monkeypox virus (mpxv) was discovered in 1958 during an outbreak in an animal facility in copenhagen, denmark. since its discovery, mpxv has revealed a propensity to infect and induce disease in a large number of animals within the mammalia class from pan-geographical locations. this finding has impeded the elucidation of the natural host, although the strongest candidates are african squirrels and/or other rodents. experimentally, mpxv can infect animals via a variety of multiple different inoc ... | 2013 | 23626656 |