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Volume 29, Number 6—June 2023
Dispatch

Tanapox, South Africa, 2022

Monica Birkhead1Comments to Author , Wayne Grayson1, Antoinette Grobbelaar, Veerle Msimang, Naazneen Moolla, Angela Mathee, Lucille Blumberg, Terry Marshall, Daniel Morobadi, Mirjana Popara, and Jacqueline Weyer
Author affiliations: National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (M. Birkhead, A. Grobbelaar, V. Msimang, N. Moolla, L. Blumberg, J. Weyer); Ampath Laboratories, Centurion, South Africa (W. Grayson, T. Marshall, D. Morobadi); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (W. Grayson, J. Weyer); South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa (A. Mathee); University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg (A. Mathee); University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa (N. Moolla, L. Blumberg, J. Weyer); Right to Care, Johannesburg (L. Blumberg); University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa (D. Morobadi); Mediclinic, Sandton, South Africa (M. Popara)

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Figure 1

Geographic distribution of recorded human cases of tanapox. A) Locations of previous tanapox cases reported in the literature. Red dots indicate cases acquired locally; red outlines indicate regions of countries visited by travelers to Africa. B) Location of the case acquired in Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2022. Green shading shows the park’s location; black triangle indicates town of Skukuza.

Figure 1. Geographic distribution of recorded human cases of tanapox. A) Locations of previous tanapox cases reported in the literature. Red dots indicate cases acquired locally; red outlines indicate regions of countries visited by travelers to Africa. B) Location of the case acquired in Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2022. Green shading shows the park’s location; black triangle indicates town of Skukuza.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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