title: Human tanapox in Zaire: clinical and epidemiological observations on cases confirmed by laboratory studies.
abstract: Human tanapox, a mild disease characterized by a short febrile illness associated with one or more skin lesions, is important because of its possible confusion with smallpox. The article describes clinical and epidemiological features of 264 laboratory-confirmed tanapox cases observed in a geographically limited area in northern Zaire over the period 1979-83.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011213:Poxviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology