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Sixty seconds on . . . monkeypox
BMJ 2018; 363 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k4132 (Published 02 October 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;363:k4132
- Abi Rimmer
- The BMJ
Monkey what?
Haven’t you been reading the news? Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic disease that occurs primarily in central and west Africa, near rainforests.1
Can it affect humans?
The virus is mostly transmitted to people from wild animals such as rodents and primates. But it does have limited secondary spread through …
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