TY - JOUR AU - Rimoin, Anne W. AU - Kisalu, Neville AU - Kebela-Ilunga, Benoit AU - Mukaba, Thibaut AU - Wright, Linda L. AU - Formenty, Pierre AU - Wolfe, Nathan D. AU - Shongo, Robert Loshima AU - Tshioko, Florimond AU - Okitolonda, Emile AU - Muyembe, Jean-Jacques AU - Ryder, Robert W. AU - Meyer, Hermann T1 - Endemic Human Monkeypox, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2001–2004 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 6 SP - 934 SN - 1080-6059 AB - By analyzing vesicle fluids and crusted scabs from 136 persons with suspected monkeypox, we identified 51 cases of monkeypox by PCR, sequenced the hemagglutinin gene, and confirmed 94% of cases by virus culture. PCR demonstrated chickenpox in 61 patients. Coinfection with both viruses was found in 1 additional patient. KW - Human monkeypox KW - monkeypox virus KW - chickenpox KW - varicella-zoster virus KW - VZV KW - Democratic Republic of Congo KW - real-time PCR KW - hemagglutinin gene KW - dispatch KW - mpox DO - 10.3201/eid1306.061540 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/6/06-1540_article ER - End of Reference