A monkey ate the wrong squirrel – and started an outbreak
Jay Kakade
In January 2023, researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health in Germany noticed that an infant monkey known as a sooty mangabey had developed reddish skin lesions across its forehead, chest, and legs. Within 48 hours, the animal was reported dead. Over the following weeks, nearly a third of the group's 80 members developed similar lesions, and four infants died. The outbreak was caused by the mpox virus (MPXV). Continue Reading Category: Biology , Science Tags: Orange Monkey , Monkeys