Diagnosis of Imported Monkeypox, Israel, 2018
We report a case of monkeypox in a man who returned from Nigeria to Israel in 2018. Virus was detected in pustule swabs by transmission electron microscopy and PCR and confirmed by immunofluorescence assay, tissue culture, and ELISA. The West Africa monkeypox outbreak calls for increased awareness b...
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| author | Noam Erez Hagit Achdout Elad Milrot Yuval Schwartz Yonit Wiener-Well Nir Paran Boaz Politi Hadas Tamir Tomer Israely Shay Weiss Adi Beth-Din Ohad Shifman Ofir Israeli Shmuel Yitzhaki Shmuel C. Shapira Sharon Melamed Eli Schwartz |
| author_facet | Noam Erez Hagit Achdout Elad Milrot Yuval Schwartz Yonit Wiener-Well Nir Paran Boaz Politi Hadas Tamir Tomer Israely Shay Weiss Adi Beth-Din Ohad Shifman Ofir Israeli Shmuel Yitzhaki Shmuel C. Shapira Sharon Melamed Eli Schwartz |
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| description | We report a case of monkeypox in a man who returned from Nigeria to Israel in 2018. Virus was detected in pustule swabs by transmission electron microscopy and PCR and confirmed by immunofluorescence assay, tissue culture, and ELISA. The West Africa monkeypox outbreak calls for increased awareness by public health authorities worldwide. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4553fdf9dbc64c76884ca955837d54382022-12-22T03:23:57ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592019-05-0125598098310.3201/eid2505.190076Diagnosis of Imported Monkeypox, Israel, 2018Noam ErezHagit AchdoutElad MilrotYuval SchwartzYonit Wiener-WellNir ParanBoaz PolitiHadas TamirTomer IsraelyShay WeissAdi Beth-DinOhad ShifmanOfir IsraeliShmuel YitzhakiShmuel C. ShapiraSharon MelamedEli SchwartzWe report a case of monkeypox in a man who returned from Nigeria to Israel in 2018. Virus was detected in pustule swabs by transmission electron microscopy and PCR and confirmed by immunofluorescence assay, tissue culture, and ELISA. The West Africa monkeypox outbreak calls for increased awareness by public health authorities worldwide.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/5/19-0076_articleMonkeypoxAfricaoutbreakmonkeypox virusorthopoxvirustransmission electron microscopy |
| spellingShingle | Noam Erez Hagit Achdout Elad Milrot Yuval Schwartz Yonit Wiener-Well Nir Paran Boaz Politi Hadas Tamir Tomer Israely Shay Weiss Adi Beth-Din Ohad Shifman Ofir Israeli Shmuel Yitzhaki Shmuel C. Shapira Sharon Melamed Eli Schwartz Diagnosis of Imported Monkeypox, Israel, 2018 Emerging Infectious Diseases Monkeypox Africa outbreak monkeypox virus orthopoxvirus transmission electron microscopy |
| title | Diagnosis of Imported Monkeypox, Israel, 2018 |
| title_full | Diagnosis of Imported Monkeypox, Israel, 2018 |
| title_fullStr | Diagnosis of Imported Monkeypox, Israel, 2018 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diagnosis of Imported Monkeypox, Israel, 2018 |
| title_short | Diagnosis of Imported Monkeypox, Israel, 2018 |
| title_sort | diagnosis of imported monkeypox israel 2018 |
| topic | Monkeypox Africa outbreak monkeypox virus orthopoxvirus transmission electron microscopy |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/5/19-0076_article |
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