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Monkeypox

Monkeypox is a zoonotic viral disease that can infect rodents, mammals, humans, and nonhuman primates.
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  • Orthopoxvirus
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Spickler, Anna Rovid. "Title of Factsheet." "Date of Factsheet (Last Updated)." At cfsph.iastate.edu/diseaseinfo/factsheets/

monkeypox: Rhesus macaque, skin. There are multiple hemorrhagic papules on the forehead and eyelids.
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