Monkeypox Rash Severity and Animal Exposures in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Published in: EcoHealth Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 64 - 73
• Main Authors: Doshi, Reena H., Alfonso, Vivian H., Morier, Douglas, Hoff, Nicole A., Sinai, Cyrus, Mulembakani, Prime, Kisalu, Neville, Cheng, Alvan, Ashbaugh, Hayley, Gadoth, Adva, Cowell, Brian, Okitolonda, Emile W., Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean-Jacques, Rimoin, Anne W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.03.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Ecology; Animals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Democratic Republic of the Congo - epidemiology; Ecosystems; Environmental Health; Exanthema; Exposure; Female; Humans; Hunting; Inoculum; Lesions; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Microbiology; Monkeypox virus; Mpox; Mpox (monkeypox) - epidemiology; Original Contribution; Orthopoxvirus; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Primates; Public Health; Rodents; Surveillance; Viral infections; Viral Zoonoses - epidemiology; Viruses; Water and Health; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Congo-Democratic Republic of Congo; Rash illness; Animal exposure; Monkeypox; Rash severity

Experimental studies have suggested a larger inoculum of monkeypox virus may be associated with increased rash severity; however, little data are available on the relationship between specific animal exposures and rash severity in endemic regions. Using cross-sectional data from an active surveillan...