title: Update: multistate outbreak of monkeypox--Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin, 2003.
abstract: CDC and state and local health departments continue to investigate cases of monkeypox among persons who had close contact with wild or exotic mammalian pets or persons with monkeypox. This report updates epidemiologic, laboratory, and animal data for U.S. cases.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois / Q000453:epidemiology; D007196:Indiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007615:Kansas / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri / Q000453:epidemiology; D008993:Monkeypox virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009115:Muridae / Q000821:virology*; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D011213:Poxviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000821:virology*; D014922:Wisconsin / Q000453:epidemiology