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Multistate outbreak of monkeypox—Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, 2003.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003 Jun 13;52(23):537-540.

Update: multistate outbreak of monkeypox—Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin, 2003.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003 Jun 20;52(24):561-564.

Update: multistate outbreak of monkeypox—Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin, 2003.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003 Jun 27;52(25):589-590.

Update: multistate outbreak of monkeypox—Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin, 2003.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003 Jul 4;52(26):616-618.

The detection of monkeypox in humans in the Western Hemisphere.
Reed KD, Melski JW, Graham MB, Regnery RL, Sotir MJ, Wegner MV, Kazmierczak JJ, Stratman EJ, Li Y, Fairley JA, Swain GR, Olson VA, Sargent EK, Kehl SC, Frace MA, Kline R, Foldy SL, Davis JP, Damon IK.
Source: N Engl J Med. 2004 Jan 22;350(4):342-350.

Monkeypox transmission and pathogenesis in prairie dogs.<<br /> Guarner J, Johnson BJ, Paddock CD, Shieh WJ, Goldsmith CS, Reynolds MG, Damon IK, Regnery RL, Zaki SR; Veterinary Monkeypox Virus Working Group.
Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Mar;10(3):426-431.

Human monkeypox infection: a family cluster in the midwestern United States.
Sejvar JJ, Chowdary Y, Schomogyi M, Stevens J, Patel J, Karem K, Fischer M, Kuehnert MJ, Zaki SR, Paddock CD, Guarner J, Shieh WJ, Patton JL, Bernard N, Li Y, Olson VA, Kline RL, Loparev VN, Schmid DS, Beard B, Regnery RR, Damon IK.
Source: J Infect Dis. 2004 Nov 15;190(10):1833-40

Extensive lesions of monkeypox in a prairie dog (Cynomys sp).
Langohr IM, Stevenson GW, Thacker HL, Regnery RL.
Source: Vet Pathol. 2004 Nov;41(6):702-707.

Evaluation of human-to-human transmission of monkeypox from infected patients to health care workers.
Fleischauer AT, Kile JC, Davidson M, Fischer M, Karem KL, Teclaw R, Messersmith H, Pontones P, Beard BA, Braden ZH, Cono J, Sejvar JJ, Khan AS, Damon I, Kuehnert MJ.
Source: Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Mar 1;40(5):689-694. Epub 2005 Feb 7.

Characterization of acute-phase humoral immunity to monkeypox: use of immunoglobulin M enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of monkeypox infection during the 2003 North American outbreak.
Karem KL, Reynolds M, Braden Z, Lou G, Bernard N, Patton J, Damon IK.
Source: Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2005 Jul;12(7):867-872.

Clinical characteristics of human monkeypox, and risk factors for severe disease.
Huhn GD, Bauer AM, Yorita K, Graham MB, Sejvar J, Likos A, Damon IK, Reynolds MG, Kuehnert MJ.
Source: Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Dec 15;41(12):1742-1751.

Clinical manifestations of human monkeypox influenced by route of infection.
Reynolds MG, Yorita KL, Kuehnert MJ, Davidson WB, Huhn GD, Holman RC, Damon IK.
Source: J Infect Dis. 2006 Sep 15;194(6):773-780. Epub 2006 Aug 8.

Monkeypox zoonotic associations: insights from laboratory evaluation of animals associated with the multi-state US outbreak.
Hutson CL, Lee KN, Abel J, Carroll DS, Montgomery JM, Olson VA, Li Y, Davidson W, Hughes C, Dillon M, Spurlock P, Kazmierczak JJ, Austin C, Miser L, Sorhage FE, Howell J, Davis JP, Reynolds MG, Braden Z, Karem KL, Damon IK, Regnery RL.
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Apr;76(4):757-768.

Monkeypox-induced immunity and failure of childhood smallpox vaccination to provide complete protection.
Karem KL, Reynolds M, Hughes C, Braden Z, Nigam P, Crotty S, Glidewell J, Ahmed R, Amara R, Damon IK.
Source: Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007 Oct;14(10):1318-1327.

Spectrum of infection and risk factors for human monkeypox, United States, 2003.
Reynolds MG, Davidson WB, Curns AT, Conover CS, Huhn G, Davis JP, Wegner M, Croft DR, Newman A, Obiesie NN, Hansen GR, Hays PL, Pontones P, Beard B, Teclaw R, Howell JF, Braden Z, Holman RC, Karem KL, Damon IK.
Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Sep;13(9):1332-1339.