Monkeypox-like illness linked to prairie dogs spreads in upper Midwest
Health officials report a monkeypox related virus in prairie dogs sold by a Chicago distributor appears to have infected people across Wisconsin Illinois and Indiana. No fatalities but four Wisconsinites were hospitalized. CDC researchers study virus with potential person to person spread and antiviral drug Cidofovir shows some effect.
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