Enhanced surveillance of monkeypox in Bas-Uélé, Democratic Republic of Congo: the limitations of symptom-based case definitions

Enhanced surveillance of monkeypox in Bas-Uélé, Democratic Republic of Congo: the limitations of symptom-based case definitions

Background: Following an outbreak of cases of vesicular-pustular rash with fever, evocative of human monkeypox, in Bas-Uélé province, Democratic Republic of Congo, surveillance was strengthened. Methods: Households with at least one active generalized vesicular-pustular rash case were visited, and c...

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Main Authors: Gaspard Mande, Innocent Akonda, Anja De Weggheleire, Isabel Brosius, Laurens Liesenborghs, Emmanuel Bottieau, Noam Ross, Guy-Crispin Gembu, Robert Colebunders, Erik Verheyen, Dauly Ngonda, Herwig Leirs, Anne Laudisoit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Monkeypox
Democratic Republic of Congo
Chickenpox
Diagnostic
Orthopoxvirus
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971222003903

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