Monkeypox

COOPER: In 2003, Americans were shocked when a rare zoonotic disease called Monkeypox infected dozens of people in the Midwest.

CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2009 2009

COOPER: In 2003, Americans were shocked when a rare zoonotic disease called Monkeypox infected dozens of people in the Midwest.

CNN Transcript Apr 25, 2009 2009

COOPER: In 2003, Americans were shocked when a rare zoonotic disease called Monkeypox infected dozens of people in the Midwest.

CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2008 2008

COOPER: In 2003, Americans were shocked when a rare zoonotic disease called Monkeypox infected dozens of people in the Midwest.

CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2008 2008

COOPER: In 2003, Americans were shocked when a rare zoonotic disease called Monkeypox infected dozens of people in the Midwest.

CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2008 2008

COOPER: In 2003, Americans were shocked when a rare zoonotic disease called Monkeypox infected dozens of people in the Midwest.

CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2008 2008

So far in the United States, it has been transmitted by prairie dogs primarily, but the virus is called Monkeypox because it was initially found in laboratory monkeys back in 1958.

CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2003 2003

"Monkeypox probably existed out there for a really long time and it was just counted as a case of smallpox," says UCLA epidemiologist Anne Rimoin.

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 Monkeypox causes symptoms a lot like smallpox, but it's not nearly as fatal.

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The same thing happened when several isolated cases of avian flu, Monkeypox, West Nile and SARS made daily headlines.

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