Volume 12, Number 12—December 2006
Perspective
Qualitative Assessment of Risk for Monkeypox Associated with Domestic Trade in Certain Animal Species, United States
Table 1
Rodents | Dead† | Alive | Lost to follow-up | Total (n = 762) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gambian giant rats | 26 | 20 | 4 | 50 |
Dormice | ≈350 | 27 | ≈135 | ≈510 |
Rope squirrels | 49 | 4 | – | 53 |
Tree squirrels | 24 | 20 | 3 | 47 |
Striped mice | 14 | 50 | 36 | 100 |
Porcupines | 2 | – | – | 2
*Source (1). |
*Source (1).
†Includes animals that died of monkeypox and those that have been euthanized.
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