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Ep 100 Monkeypox: Here we go again?

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Monkey Pox - A Brief History

In 19 58, a few crab eating macaks at a poleo vaccine research institute started getting sick. This first recorded outbreak of monkey pox at an animal facility was quickly followed by more. The next year, monkeys of several different species came down with the infection at a research institute in philadelphia. And then a couple years after that, monkey pox popped up in the primate colony of walter reed army institute of research in washington,. Interestingly, this outbreak hinted at what would later be seen in human infections of monkey poz.

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