Volume 13, Number 9—September 2007
Research
Spectrum of Infection and Risk Factors for Human Monkeypox, United States, 2003
Table 2
Characteristics of monkeypox case-patients and controls selected from the population of persons exposed, monkeypox virus outbreak, United States, 2003
Characteristic | Study classifications, no. (%) |
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Case-patients | Case-patients infected but not diseased | Controls | |
State | |||
Illinois | 8 (26.7) | 1 (33.3) | 8 (28.6) |
Indiana | 10 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 17 (60.7) |
Kansas | 1 (3.3) | 0 | 0 |
Wisconsin | 11 (36.7) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (10.7) |
Age, y | |||
<18 | 10 (33.3) | 0 | 7 (25.0) |
>18 | 20 (66.7) | 3 (100) | 21 (75.0) |
History of smallpox vaccination | |||
Yes | 6 (20.0) | 3 (100) | 15 (53.6) |
No |
24 (80.0) |
0 |
13 (46.4) |
Setting in which exposure occurred* | |||
Home | 18 (60.0) | 1 (33.3) | 17 (60.7) |
Neighbor’s home | 3 (10.0) | 0 | 6 (21.4) |
Pet store | 2 (6.7) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (3.6) |
Veterinary clinic | 7 (23.3) | 1 (33.3) | 4 (14.3) |
Exposure source†‡ | |||
Prairie dog (PD) | 30 (100) | 3 (100) | 28 (100) |
PD and African animal | 1 (3.3) | 1 (33.3) | 2 (7.1) |
PD and other animal | 1 (3.3) | 0 | 2 (7.1) |
Only other animal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Symptoms postexposure | |||
Fever | 28§ (93.3) | 2 (66.7) | 4 (14.3) |
Rash | 30 (100) | 1 (33.3) | 7 (25.0) |
Lymphadenopathy | 20 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 4 (14.3) |
Mouth sores | 8 (26.7) | 0 | 1 (3.6) |
Conjunctivitis | 4 (13.3) | 0 | 0 |
Cough |
17 (56.7) |
0 |
2 (7.1) |
Total | 30 | 3 | 28 |
*Indicates principal setting for exposure.
†Reported exposures pertain to animals with laboratory-confirmed monkeypox infections (15) or ones that had lesion-producing illnesses plus prior exposure to a confirmed infected animal. African animals included dormice, giant Gambian rats, jerboas, hedgehogs, striped mice, and pygmy mice.
‡Includes all reported exposures; categories not mutually exclusive.
§Self-reported information for fever was indicated as unknown or was missing for 2 persons who had laboratory-confirmed monkeypox infections.
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