PRO/AH/EDR> Monkeypox, chimpanzee – Cameroon: (CE) emerging, OIE

Monkeypox — Cameroon
Information received on [and dated] 25 Aug 2016 from Dr Gaston Djonwe, directeur des services veterinaires, Services Veterinaires, Ministere de l’Elevage, des Peches & des Industries Animales, Yaounde, Cameroon
Summary
Report type: immediate notification
Date of start of the event: 15 Aug 2016
Date of confirmation of the event: 17 Aug 2016
Reason for notification: emerging disease
Morbidity: 0.33 per cent
Mortality: 0.33 per cent
Zoonotic impact: Monkeypox virus
Causal agent: