Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Experimental Infection of Prairie Dogs with Monkeypox Virus

Shu-Yuan Xiao*, Elena Sbrana*, Douglas M. Watts*, Marina Siirin*, Amelia P.A. Travassos da Rosa*, and Robert B. Tesh*

Author affiliations: *University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

Figure 1

Photomicrograph of a smear of mucopurulent nasal discharge from a monkeypox virus–infected prairie dog (MPX-8), showing a swollen macrophage containing multiple fluorescein-labeled bodies (viral proteins) characteristic of poxvirus infection. Magnification 1,400×.

Figure 1. Photomicrograph of a smear of mucopurulent nasal discharge from a monkeypox virus–infected prairie dog (MPX-8), showing a swollen macrophage containing multiple fluorescein-labeled bodies (viral proteins) characteristic of poxvirus infection. Magnification 1,400×.

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