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. 2019 Jan 21;17(2):129–139. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2019.1567330

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Figure 2. — (a) Documented (laboratory confirmed) cases of monkeypox from 1970- April 2018, in West Africa (Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D’Ivoire, Nigeria) (green); *Central Africa excluding DRC (Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic)(blue); Other (United States, South Sudan)(yellow). (b) Monkeypox cases notified to the Ministry of Health, DRC 1970–2015. Reported cases are inclusive of reported and laboratory-confirmed cases (DRC MOH, pers comm).