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ID#:

12757

Caption:

This historic 1997 image was created during an investigation into an outbreak of mpox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 1996 to 1997, formerly Zaire. Pictured here, was a Cercopithecus sp. monkey, which was one of the monkeys that had been presented to the team, by villagers within the Katako-Kombe Health Zone, of the DRC. During the investigation, two of these monkeys, a spot-nosed monkey, Cercopithecus ascanius, and a Debrazza monkey, Cercopithecus neglectus, were both tested for the presence of mpox, using the mpox virus plaque reduction neutralization antibody assay, and both were found to be negative. PHIL images 12745 through 12784 depict a full slide presentation telling the story of this investigation.

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Content Provider(s):

CDC/ Brian W.J. Mahy, BSc, MA, PhD, ScD, DSc

Creation Date:

1997

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