| This is the first time that monkeypox, a smallpox-related virus usually found in Africa, has infected humans in the United States. |
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| The first monkeypox outbreak occurred in the United States in June 2003 when several people were sickened by infected pet prairie dogs. |
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| Today monkeypox is not spreading fast, but the slow decline of immunization to smallpox may nudge monkeypox up into the breakout zone. |
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| Smallpox vaccine has been reported to reduce the risk of monkeypox among previously vaccinated persons in Africa. |
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| The world has recently seen an emergence or re-emergence of infectious diseases such as smallpox, SARS, West Nile virus, and monkeypox. |
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| The 2003 outbreak of monkeypox originated from imported Gambian rats for sale to the public in an Illinois pel shop. |
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| Vaccinia, cowpox, and monkeypox viruses can infect both humans and other animals in nature. |
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| Monkeypox is part of a family of viruses that cause human smallpox, cowpox, and camelpox as well as monkeypox. |
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| Among the poxviruses are several species of orthopox-viruses that are pathogenic to humans, including monkeypox virus and variola virus. |
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| The most common disease that can be transmitted from pet monkeys is monkeypox which can be fatal. |
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| EcoHealth Alliance is now a leading voice calling for better tracking and data collection to prevent the next SARS or monkeypox outbreak. |
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| It turned out he had monkeypox, a virus similar to smallpox, not Ebola. |
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| The disease is caused by Monkeypox virus, which belongs to the orthopoxvirus group of viruses. |
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| Monkeypox virus infected predominantly epithelial cells in conjunctivae, tongue, and bronchi. |
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