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Volume 25, Number 5—May 2019

Research Letter

Human Monkeypox in Sierra Leone after 44-Year Absence of Reported Cases

Mary G. ReynoldsComments to Author , Nadia Wauquier, Yu Li, Panayampalli Subbian Satheshkumar, Lansana D. Kanneh, Benjamin Monroe, Jacob Maikere, Gbessay Saffa, Jean-Paul Gonzalez, Joseph Fair, Darin S. Carroll, Amara Jambai, Foday Dafae, Sheik Humarr Khan, and Lina M. Moses
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.G. Reynolds, Y. Li, P.S. Satheshkumar, B. Monroe, D.S. Carroll); MRI Global–Global Health Surveillance and Diagnostics, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA (N. Wauquier); Kenema Government Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone (L.D. Kanneh, S.H. Khan); Médecins Sans Frontières, Brussels, Belgium (J. Maikere); Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Bo, Sierra Leone (G. Saffa); Center of Excellence for Emerging Zoonotic and Animal Diseases, Manhattan, Kansas, USA (J.-P. Gonzalez); Texas A&M University Agrilife Research, College Station, Texas, USA (J. Fair); Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone (A. Jambai, F. Dafae, S.H. Khan); Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (L.M. Moses)

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Map of Sierra Leone showing the location of monkeypox cases from 2014 (Kpetema) and 1970 (Aguebu). Map credits: Esri, HERE, Delorme, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS user community.

Figure. Locations of monkeypox cases in Sierra from 2014 (Kpetema) and 1970 (Aguebu). Map credits: Esri, HERE, Delorme, MapmyIndia, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS user community.

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