Co-Circulating Monkeypox and Swinepox Viruses, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2022
Thierry Kalonji, Emile Malembi, Jean Paul Matela, Toutou Likafi, Eddy Kinganda-Lusamaki, Emmanuel Hasivirwe Vakaniaki, Nicole A. Hoff
, Amuri Aziza, Francisca Muyembe, Joelle Kabamba, Tine Cooreman, Béatrice Nguete, Danae Witte, Ahidjo Ayouba, Nicolas Fernandez-Nuñez, Stijn Roge, Martine Peeters, Sydney Merritt, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Eric Delaporte, Elisabeth Pukuta, Joachim Mariën, Eugene Bangwen, Steven Lakin, Charles Lewis, Jeffrey B. Doty, Laurens Liesenborghs, Lisa E. Hensley, Andrea McCollum, Anne W. Rimoin, Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Robert Shongo, Didine Kaba, and Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
Author affiliations: Program National Lutte Contre MPX-VHF, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (T. Kalonji, E. Malembi, R. Shongo); Province Health Division, Tshuapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (J.P. Matela, T. Likafi); Institute National de Recherche Biomedical, Kinshasa (E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, E.H. Vakaniaki, A. Aziza, F. Muyembe, S. Ahuka-Mundeke, E. Pukuta, J.J. Muyembe-Tamfum, P. Mbala-Kingebeni); Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa, Kinshasa (E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, F. Muyembe, S. Ahuka-Mundeke, J.J. Muyembe-Tamfum, P. Mbala-Kingebeni); University of Montpellier, IRD, INSERM, Montpellier, France (E. Kinganda-Lusamaki, A. Ayouba, N. Fernandez-Nuñez, M. Peeters, E. Delaporte); University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA (N.A. Hoff, S. Merritt, A.W. Rimoin); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J. Kabamba, J.B. Doty, A. McCollum); University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (T. Cooreman, J. Mariën); Kinshasa School of Public Health, Kinshasa (B. Nguete, D. Kaba); University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (D. Witte); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp (S. Roge, E. Bangwen, L. Liesenborghs); US Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kansas, USA (S. Lakin, C. Lewis, L.E. Hensley)
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Figure 2. Animals with mpox-like lesions in study of co-circulating monkeypox and swinepox viruses, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2022. A, B) Mpox-type lesions observed on internal tissues (A) and on the skin (B) of a pig. C) Lesion on the skin of a rodent that was found in the same geographic area as the pig.
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