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What is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its first fatality

  • Written by Raúl Rivas González, Catedrático de Microbiología. Miembro de la Sociedad Española de Microbiología., Universidad de Salamanca
What is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its first fatalityRed-backed voles may be harboring Alaskapox.iNaturalist Ecuador, CC BY-NC-SA

Alaskapox, a virus in the same family as smallpox, cowpox and mpox, claimed its first fatality in January 2024 when an elderly Alaskan man died of the illness.

The virus, which was discovered in 2015, had previously resulted in only relatively mild illnesses in the six...

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