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SUBMITTER: Quiner CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5305065 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Quiner Claire A CA Moses Cynthia C Monroe Benjamin P BP Nakazawa Yoshinori Y Doty Jeffrey B JB Hughes Christine M CM McCollum Andrea M AM Ibata Saturnin S Malekani Jean J Okitolonda Emile E Carroll Darin S DS Reynolds Mary G MG
PloS one 20170213 2
Monkeypox virus (MPXV), a close relative of Variola virus, is a zoonotic virus with an unknown reservoir. Interaction with infected wildlife, bites from peri-domestic animals, and bushmeat hunting are hypothesized routes of infection from wildlife to humans. Using a Risk Questionnaire, performed in monkeypox-affected areas of rural Democratic Republic of the Congo, we describe the lifestyles and demographics associated with presumptive risk factors for MPXV infection. We generated two indices to ...[more]