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Volume 16, Number 10—October 2010
Research

Human Monkeypox Outbreak Caused by Novel Virus Belonging to Congo Basin Clade, Sudan, 2005

Pierre FormentyComments to Author , Mohammed O. Muntasir, Inger K. Damon, Vipul Chowdhary, Martin L. Opoka, Charlotte Monimart, Elmangory M. Mutasim, Jean-Claude Manuguerra, Whitni B. Davidson, Kevin L. Karem, Jeanne Cabeza, Sharlenna Wang, Mamunur R. Malik, Thierry Durand, Abdalhalim Khalid, Thomas Rioton, Andrea Kuong-Ruay, Alimagboul A. Babiker, Mubarak E.M. Karsani, and Magdi S. Abdalla
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: World Health Organization Global Alert and Response, Geneva, Switzerland (P. Formenty); Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan (M.O. Muntasir, A.A. Babiker, M.S. Abdalla); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (I. Damon, W.B. Davidson, K.L. Karem); Médecins Sans Frontières France Office in Sudan, Khartoum (V. Chowdhary, C. Monimart, J. Cabeza, T. Durand, A. Khalid, T. Rioton); World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt (M.L. Opoka); Minister of Health of Unity State, Bentiu, Sudan (A. Kuong-Ruay); National Public Health Laboratory, Khartoum (E.M. Mutasim, M.E.M. Karsani); Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (Jean-Claude Manuguerra); World Health Organization Country Office, Khartoum (S. Wang, M.R. Malik)

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Figure 3

Pattern of virus transmission hypothesized to have occurred during outbreak of human monkeypox in Unity State, Sudan, 2005. Cases are arranged according to date of illness onset in the patient. Solid arrows indicate probable lines of person-to-person transmission; dashed arrows depict undetermined transmission events (e.g., case-patient exposed to persons with monkeypox-like symptoms in same village where no formal link could be established). Numbers near arrows refer to the number of days betwe

Figure 3. Pattern of virus transmission hypothesized to have occurred during outbreak of human monkeypox in Unity State, Sudan, 2005. Cases are arranged according to date of illness onset in the patient. Solid arrows indicate probable lines of person-to-person transmission; dashed arrows depict undetermined transmission events (e.g., case-patient exposed to persons with monkeypox-like symptoms in same village where no formal link could be established). Numbers near arrows refer to the number of days between case onsets (case intervals); numbers with asterisks (case-patient 5a) refer to interval between possible date of exposure and symptom onset. Dashed boxes enclose case-patients who were living in the same village. Case-patients 1x, 2v, 2w, 2x, 3d, 4c, and 5a were hospitalized in the Médecins Sans Frontières France hospital in Bentiu, Unity State. Three additional cases were not related to these chains of transmission.

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