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CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 71, Issue 8, Pages E210-E214Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa143
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human monkeypox; clinical course; HIV/AIDS; outcome; Nigeria
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In a retrospective review of hospital records of 40 human monkeypox cases from Nigeria, the majority developed fever and self-limiting vesiculopustular skin eruptions. Five deaths were reported. Compared to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative cases, HIV type 1-coinfected cases had more prolonged illness, larger lesions, and higher rates of both secondary bacterial skin infections and genital ulcers.
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