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Alaskapox Virus Claims Its First Human Victim

Health officials say man was immunocompromised, which likely contributed

(Newser) - Alaskapox, a rare virus mostly found in small mammals such as voles and shrews and first identified in a human in 2015, has proven fatal for a human for the first time. An Alaska man died last month of the virus, which can cause skin lesions, swollen lymph nodes, and...

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