A human infection caused by monkeypox virus in Basankusu Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This paper presents clinical and epidemiological information on a patient with smallpox-like disease, from whom a monkeypox-like virus was isolated. The patient was the first recognized human monkeypox case in medical history.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011213:Poxviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012899:Smallpox / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D014611:Vaccination