Diagnosis of Imported Monkeypox, Israel, 2018

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2505.190076
• Publication Date: 2019-03-08T16:24:06Z
• Authors: Noam Erez; Hagit Achdout; Elad Milrot; Yuval Schwartz; Yonit Wiener-Well; Nir Paran; Boaz Politi; Hadas Tamir; Tomer Israely; Shay Weiss; Adi Beth-Din; Ohad Shifman; Ofir Israeli; Shmuel Yitzhaki; Shmuel C. Shapira; Sharon Melamed; Eli Schwartz
• Keywords: Monkeypox; Immunofluorescence

We report a case of monkeypox in man who returned from Nigeria to Israel 2018. Virus was detected pustule swabs by transmission electron microscopy and PCR confirmed immunofluorescence assay, tissue culture, ELISA. The West Africa outbreak calls for increased awareness public health authorities worldwide.