Monkeypox is a rare viral disease. It occurs mostly in central and western Africa. Wild rodents and squirrels carry it, but it is called monkeypox because scientists saw it first in lab monkeys. In 2003, it was reported in prairie dogs and humans in the U.S. The prairie dogs came from Africa and some people had them as pets.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Questions and Answers about Monkeypox(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/monkeypox/qa.htm
- Questions and Answers: Smallpox Vaccine and Monkeypox(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/monkeypox/vaccineqa.htm
- Monkeypox in Animals: The Basics for People Who Have Contact with Animals(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/monkeypox/animalbasics.htm
- Monkeypox Virus Infections and Blood and Plasma Donors(Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/cber/infosheets/monkeypox.htm
- Monkeypox Photos(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/monkeypox/photos.htm
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Poxviridae Infections
(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Poxviridae+Infections%22
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Monkeypox virus(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=Monkeypox+virus
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Monkeypox virus evades antiviral CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18796610&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Rapid protection in a monkeypox model by a single injection... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18678911&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Monkeypox virus viral chemokine inhibitor (MPV vCCI), a potent inhibitor... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18639466&tool=MedlinePlus
- Monkeypox Virus Infections -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=monkeypox+virus[mh]+OR+monkeypox[mh]+AND+english[la]+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
- American Veterinary Medical Association - http://www.avma.org/
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/
Also available in Spanish http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/
- World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/en/
- Embargoed African Rodents and Monkeypox Virus(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/monkeypox/animals.htm
- Monkeypox Report of Cases in the United States(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/mpv/cases.htm
- Infections - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infections.html