A human infection caused by monkeypox virus in Basankusu Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  • 1 January 1972
    • journal article
    • Vol. 46 (5), 593-7
Abstract
This paper presents clinical and epidemiological information on a patient with smallpox-like disease, from whom a monkeypox-like virus was isolated. The patient was the first recognized human monkeypox case in medical history.