Tue, Jun 10, 2003 - Page 7 News List

`Monkeypox' outbreak strikes the US

RARE DISEASE An illness found mainly in central and west African rain forests has sickened 28 people in the US and is thought to have arrived via giant Gambian rats

REUTERS , CHICAGO

US health officials said anyone reporting illness associated with exposure to small rodents should immediately report to public health authorities.

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