Fatal monkeypox in wild-living sooty mangabey, Côte d'Ivoire, 2012

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jun;20(6):1009-11. doi: 10.3201/eid2006.13-1329.

Abstract

We isolated a monkeypox virus from a wild-living monkey, a sooty mangabey, found dead in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, in March 2012. The whole-genome sequence obtained from this isolate and directly from clinical specimens showed its close relationship to monkeypox viruses from Western Africa.

Keywords: Côte d’Ivoire; Poxvirus; Taï National Park; monkeypox virus; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Cercocebus atys / virology*
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Genome, Viral*
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Monkeypox virus / classification
  • Monkeypox virus / genetics*
  • Monkeypox virus / isolation & purification
  • Mpox (monkeypox) / virology*
  • Phylogeny*
  • Phylogeography