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- noun An infectious disease caused by a poxvirus that occurs mostly in the tropical rain forests of central and western Africa, is transmitted from wild animals killed for food, such as monkeys and squirrels, and causes symptoms similar to but milder than smallpox.
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- noun pathology A
viral disease , ofprimates and some othermammals , related tosmallpox .
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Third, a related virus called monkeypox, which causes sporadic outbreaks of human disease in jungle regions of central and western Africa, might mutate to become more virulent and contagious in humans.
Scared Of Smallpox 2007
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Amongst the infection control and exposure management techniques being used to control monkeypox is the vaccination of health care workers and household contacts with suspected cases of monkeypox; the vaccine being used is the smallpox vaccine.
estamos preocupados por el brote de viruela/ we are worried about the smallpox outbreak 2004
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Amongst the infection control and exposure management techniques being used to control monkeypox is the vaccination of health care workers and household contacts with suspected cases of monkeypox; the vaccine being used is the smallpox vaccine.
estamos preocupados por el brote de viruela/ we are worried about the smallpox outbreak 2004
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Amongst the infection control and exposure management techniques being used to control monkeypox is the vaccination of health care workers and household contacts with suspected cases of monkeypox; the vaccine being used is the smallpox vaccine.
estamos preocupados por el brote de viruela/ we are worried about the smallpox outbreak 2004
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Amongst the infection control and exposure management techniques being used to control monkeypox is the vaccination of health care workers and household contacts with suspected cases of monkeypox; the vaccine being used is the smallpox vaccine.
estamos preocupados por el brote de viruela/ we are worried about the smallpox outbreak 2004
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Amongst the infection control and exposure management techniques being used to control monkeypox is the vaccination of health care workers and household contacts with suspected cases of monkeypox; the vaccine being used is the smallpox vaccine.
estamos preocupados por el brote de viruela/ we are worried about the smallpox outbreak 2004
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Amongst the infection control and exposure management techniques being used to control monkeypox is the vaccination of health care workers and household contacts with suspected cases of monkeypox; the vaccine being used is the smallpox vaccine.
estamos preocupados por el brote de viruela/ we are worried about the smallpox outbreak 2004
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Amongst the infection control and exposure management techniques being used to control monkeypox is the vaccination of health care workers and household contacts with suspected cases of monkeypox; the vaccine being used is the smallpox vaccine.
estamos preocupados por el brote de viruela/ we are worried about the smallpox outbreak 2004
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Amongst the infection control and exposure management techniques being used to control monkeypox is the vaccination of health care workers and household contacts with suspected cases of monkeypox; the vaccine being used is the smallpox vaccine.
estamos preocupados por el brote de viruela/ we are worried about the smallpox outbreak 2004
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Amongst the infection control and exposure management techniques being used to control monkeypox is the vaccination of health care workers and household contacts with suspected cases of monkeypox; the vaccine being used is the smallpox vaccine.
estamos preocupados por el brote de viruela/ we are worried about the smallpox outbreak 2004
MaryW commented on the word monkeypox
Richard Preston, The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story (New York: Random House, 2002), pp. 64-66
February 16, 2016
tankhughes commented on the word monkeypox
I don't want this to be a new word to watch for in 2022, but as of today it might be.
May 18, 2022
bilby commented on the word monkeypox
A pox on all your squirrels!
May 19, 2022
alexz commented on the word monkeypox
"The word bilby has been adopted by Royal Secret Society of Bilbies."
I think we should double efforts to save the bilbies
May 19, 2022
bilby commented on the word monkeypox
Music to my big ears.
May 19, 2022