[theFIRMbss]

"Family: Poxvirus

"Habitat: rainforest of Central and Western Africa

"Behavior: zoonosis transmitted by monkeys; no human-to-human transfer so is unsustainable in the human population

"Action: must be played with a monkey vector; causes enemy to come down with a sydrome clinically similar to smallpox (Damage: 25); disease will not recur in enemy population unless this card is played again

"Counterattacks: if opponent has a squirrel reservior card, monkeypox will not harm him; smallpox vaccine also offers protection

"A Pox on You! [Caroline Perry, Stephanie Robson, Winter, 2000]"

[FairOpinion]

Cute monkey, but the "no human-to-human transfer" is wrong.

In the Congo outbreak in 1996-97, 73% of the infections were secondary, were human to human transmission. This is based on studying actual cases.

"Of the 89 case-patients for whom data were available, 65 (73%) reported contact with another case-patient 7-21 days before onset of illness and thus were considered secondary cases"

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00048673.htm