Tanapox, South Africa, 2022
Tanapox is a rarely diagnosed zoonosis known to be endemic to equatorial Africa. All previously reported human cases were acquired within 10° north or south of the Equator, most recently 19 years ago. We describe a human case of tanapox in South Africa (24° south of the Equator). Expanded surveilla...
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2023-06-01
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| author | Monica Birkhead Wayne Grayson Antoinette Grobbelaar Veerle Msimang Naazneen Moolla Angela Mathee Lucille Blumberg Terry Marshall Daniel Morobadi Mirjana Popara Jacqueline Weyer |
| author_facet | Monica Birkhead Wayne Grayson Antoinette Grobbelaar Veerle Msimang Naazneen Moolla Angela Mathee Lucille Blumberg Terry Marshall Daniel Morobadi Mirjana Popara Jacqueline Weyer |
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Tanapox is a rarely diagnosed zoonosis known to be endemic to equatorial Africa. All previously reported human cases were acquired within 10° north or south of the Equator, most recently 19 years ago. We describe a human case of tanapox in South Africa (24° south of the Equator). Expanded surveillance for this pathogen is warranted.
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| spelling | doaj.art-a7090ebf7c4949aaa03560aba670b40b2023-05-19T12:23:07ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592023-06-012961206120910.3201/eid2906.230326Tanapox, South Africa, 2022Monica BirkheadWayne GraysonAntoinette GrobbelaarVeerle MsimangNaazneen MoollaAngela MatheeLucille BlumbergTerry MarshallDaniel MorobadiMirjana PoparaJacqueline Weyer Tanapox is a rarely diagnosed zoonosis known to be endemic to equatorial Africa. All previously reported human cases were acquired within 10° north or south of the Equator, most recently 19 years ago. We describe a human case of tanapox in South Africa (24° south of the Equator). Expanded surveillance for this pathogen is warranted. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/6/23-0326_articleYatapoxvirusTanapoxvirusSouth Africazoonotic viruszoonosesviruses |
| spellingShingle | Monica Birkhead Wayne Grayson Antoinette Grobbelaar Veerle Msimang Naazneen Moolla Angela Mathee Lucille Blumberg Terry Marshall Daniel Morobadi Mirjana Popara Jacqueline Weyer Tanapox, South Africa, 2022 Emerging Infectious Diseases Yatapoxvirus Tanapoxvirus South Africa zoonotic virus zoonoses viruses |
| title | Tanapox, South Africa, 2022 |
| title_full | Tanapox, South Africa, 2022 |
| title_fullStr | Tanapox, South Africa, 2022 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tanapox, South Africa, 2022 |
| title_short | Tanapox, South Africa, 2022 |
| title_sort | tanapox south africa 2022 |
| topic | Yatapoxvirus Tanapoxvirus South Africa zoonotic virus zoonoses viruses |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/6/23-0326_article |
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