Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease endemic to central and western Africa, where it is a major public health concern. Although Monkeypox virus (MPXV) and monkeypox disease in humans have been well characterized, little is known about its natural history, or its maintenance in animal populations of sylvatic reservoir(s). In 2003, several species of rodents imported from Ghana were involved in a monkeyp
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Christina L. Hutson, Yoshinori J. Nakazawa, Joshua Self, Victoria A. Olson, Russell L. Regnery, Zachary Braden, Sonja Weiss, Jean Malekani, Eddie Jackson, Mallory Tate, Kevin L. Karem, Tonie E. Rocke, Jorge E. Osorio, Inger K. Damon, Darin S. Carroll