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Home Health and Wellness Vet who caught monkeypox from Prairie dog in 2003

Vet who caught monkeypox from Prairie dog in 2003

A veterinarian who caught monkeypox in America’s biggest ever outbreak near­ly two decades ago says he suffered ‘flu-like’ symptoms and feared he’d lose his thumb after lesions erupted all over his body. Dr Kurt Zaeske, who is now re­tired and living in Wisconsin, caught the virus in 2003 after tending to sick prairie dogs at…

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