Bonobo monkeys are one of the species consumed as bushmeat in Africa. Eating bushmeat can help spread the monkeypox virus if the animal is infected and not cooked thoroughly. — Filepic
The rare viral infection, monkeypox, was reported in Singapore in May 2019. This infection is transmitted from animals to humans.
It was discovered in 1958 when there were two outbreaks of a pox-like disease in monkeys kept for research, hence the name “monkeypox”.
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