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

2022-06-05

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<h4>Background</h4> 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. <h4>Methods</h4> Households with at least one active generalized vesicular-pustular rash case were visited, and contact and clinical history information was collected from all household members. Whenever possible, sk...

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Literature Corpus work: 43c46867-5b1e-5342-a87d-7f6ba8cef9b0
DOI: 10.1101/2022.06.03.22275815

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