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Descriptor
English
:
Monkeypox
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Viruela de los Simios
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Monkeypox
Tree Number:
C02.256.743.615
C22.735.750
C22.795.600
Definition
English
:
A viral
disease
infecting
PRIMATES
and RODENTS. Its clinical presentation in
humans
is
similar
to
SMALLPOX
including
FEVER
;
HEADACHE
;
COUGH
; and a painful RASH. It is caused by
MONKEYPOX VIRUS
and is usually transmitted to
humans
through BITES or via contact with an animal's
BLOOD
. Interhuman transmission is relatively low (significantly less than smallpox).
Indexing Annotation
English
:
human & animal; if in animal, use/vet
History Note
English
:
2004
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
transmission
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
38031
Unique Identifier:
D045908
Occurrence in VHL
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