A Tale of Two Viruses: Coinfections of Monkeypox and Varicella Zoster Virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Recent enhanced monkeypox (MPX) surveillance in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where MPX is endemic, has uncovered multiple cases of MPX and varicella zoster virus (VZV) coinfections. The purpose of this study was to verify if coinfections occur and to characterize the clinical nature of these ca...

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Published in:	The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 104; no. 2; p. 604
Main Authors:	Hughes, Christine M, Liu, Lindy, Davidson, Whitni B, Radford, Kay W, Wilkins, Kimberly, Monroe, Benjamin, Metcalfe, Maureen G, Likafi, Toutou, Lushima, Robert Shongo, Kabamba, Joelle, Nguete, Beatrice, Malekani, Jean, Pukuta, Elisabeth, Karhemere, Stomy, Muyembe Tamfum, Jean-Jacques, Okitolonda Wemakoy, Emile, Reynolds, Mary G, Schmid, D Scott, McCollum, Andrea M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.02.2021
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Child Child, Preschool Coinfection - epidemiology Coinfection - virology Democratic Republic of the Congo - epidemiology Epidemiological Monitoring Female Herpes Zoster - epidemiology Herpesvirus 3, Human - genetics Herpesvirus 3, Human - isolation & purification Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Monkeypox virus - genetics Monkeypox virus - isolation & purification Mpox (monkeypox) - epidemiology Young Adult Democratic Republic of the Congo
ISSN:	1476-1645, 1476-1645
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