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Volume 7, Number 3—June 2001
Research
Outbreak of Human Monkeypox, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1996 to 1997
Yvan J.F. Hutin*, R. Joel Williams*, Philippe Malfait†, Richard Pebody†, Vladamir N. Loparev*, Susan L. Ropp*, Mariangelli Rodriguez*, Janice C Knight*, Florimont K. Tshioko‡, Ali S Khan*, Mark V. Szczeniowski‡, and Joseph J. Esposito*
Table 1
Exposure to wild animals reported by monkeypox case-patients according to history of exposure to another case-patient, Katako-Kombe Health zone, February 1996 to February 1997
| Cases without exposure to other
case-patients during incubation
(N=23) |
Cases with exposure to a
case-patient during incubation
(N=62) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exposures reported to occur usually on a monthly basis | (#) | (%) | (#) | (%) | P value |
| Exposure to squirrels | |||||
| Trapping | 2 | 8.7 | 9 | 14.8 | 0.79 |
| Exposure to raw meat | 11 | 47.8 | 33 | 54.1 | 0.78 |
| Eating | 19 | 86.4 | 52 | 85.2 | 1.0 |
| Exposure to monkeys | |||||
| Trapping | 1 | 4.3 | 4 | 6.6 | 1.00 |
| Exposure to raw meat | 16 | 69.6 | 34 | 55.7 | 0.36 |
| Eating | 21 | 91.3 | 58 | 95.1 | 0.61 |
| Exposure to rats | |||||
| Trapping | 5 | 21.7 | 18 | 29.5 | 0.66 |
| Exposure to raw meat | 13 | 56.5 | 40 | 65.6 | 0.60 |
| Eating | 22 | 95.7 | 55 | 90.2 | 0.66 |
| Exposure to porcupines | |||||
| Trapping | 1 | 4.3 | 3 | 4.9 | 1.00 |
| Exposure to raw meat | 12 | 52.2 | 24 | 39.3 | 0.41 |
| Eating | 22 | 95.7 | 42 | 68.9 | 0.02 |
| Exposure to gazelles | |||||
| Trapping | 1 | 4.3 | 2 | 3.3 | 1.0 |
| Exposure to raw meat | 14 | 56.5 | 28 | 45.9 | 0.53 |
| Eating | 21 | 91.3 | 47 | 77.0 | 0.21 |
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