An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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MELSKI, John W.

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The detection of Monkeypox in humans in the Western Hemisphere.

New Engl. J. Med., 350, 342-350, 2004.

The first report on detection of Mpox (Monkeypox) in humans in the Western Hemisphere, elaborating and expanding on cases reported in 2003 in Wisconsin and Milwaukee. These patients had been bitten by prairie dogs. At this time only zoonotic transfer was observed.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Reed, Melski, Graham, Damon.

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)



Subjects: INFECTIOUS DISEASE › Mpox (Monkeypox)