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SUBMITTER: Bernard SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3291353 | biostudies-other | 2006 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Bernard Susan M SM Anderson Steven A SA
Emerging infectious diseases 20061201 12
In 2003, US officials identified several human monkeypox cases and traced the virus exposure to infected captive prairie dogs. The virus was likely introduced through a shipment of imported African rodents, which were kept with other mammals, including prairie dogs, in a pet distribution facility in the Midwest. To prevent the further introduction and spread of the virus, federal agencies restricted the importation of African rodents and restricted the domestic trade or movement of prairie dogs ...[more]