Multistate outbreak of monkeypox -- Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, 2003

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Fifty-three Americans developed monkeypox after handling infected pet prairie dogs as of June 10, 2003. Monkeypox is a viral infection similar to smallpox that normally occurs in Africa. It was traced to an exotic animal facility in Illinois that housed prairie dogs together with an imported Gambian giant rat. The CDC has placed an immediate embargo on the importation of rodents from Africa and also prohibits the interstate transport and sale of prairie dogs.

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Update: multistate outbreak of monkeypox -- Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin, 2003

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Seventy-nine Americans have developed monkeypox infection since June 25, 2003. Two children were so severely affected they had to be hospitalized. Most of the patients had been exposed to wild and exotic pets, usually prairie dogs. The CDC is investigating cases that may have been spread from one human to another.

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Update: multistate outbreak of monkeypox -- Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin, 2003

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Eighty-seven human cases of monkeypox have been reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of June 18, 2003. Most of the patients had come in contact with wild or pet prairie dogs. The infection does not appear to be transmitted from one person to another.

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