Smallpox is endemic in Nigeria. But surveillance is not what it should be
There has been an outbreak of smallpox cases in several countries that are not endemic to the virus. Smallpox is caused by an orthopoxvirus that is closely related to the virus that caused the smallpox. Monkeypox is an animal virus that occasionally infects humans after being bitten or scratched by a monkey or other animal. …
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