Scientists’interest in monkeypox may help countries worldwide  

作　　者：Li Zhenjun Shunfeng Er 

机构地区：[1]Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing,China [2]State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control,National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention,China CDC,Beijing,China

出　　处：《Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity》2022年第1期86-87,共2页生物安全和生物安保杂志（英文）

摘　　要：Monkeypox virus was isolated from infected experimental monkeys in 1958 at the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen,Denmark.The first human case was identified in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.1 The main animal hosts of monkeypox virus are rodents and non-human primates,such as rope squirrels,tree squirrels,Gambian kangaroos,dormice,and monkeys.2–4 Most human cases of monkeypox infection have been reported in the rainforests of central and western Africa.Monkeypox virus is primarily transmitted to humans from wild animals.

关 键 词：Serum INFECTED MONKEY 

分 类 号：R51[医药卫生—内科学]