Monkey pog was first identified in the late 19 fifties when it was found to be infecting research animals, which were monkeys. It usual lives in small rodens, usually in west and central africa, and is kind of burbled up in small outbreaks. There've been more and more mission events in clusters in nigeria, such that there've been now 450 human cases. And what are the symptoms like? So it usually starts with a flue like illness, you know, some fever, chills, muscle aches, headache. The infectious period is thought to start with the onset of resh although there is also some discussion of of the possibility that infectivity starts