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  • Officials Track Down Most Prairie Dogs In Monkeypox Investigation

    06/13/2003 7:39:02 PM PDT · by FairOpinion · 18 replies · 227+ views
    NBC5.com ^ | June 13, 2003 | AP
    CHICAGO -- State officials have tracked down all but two prairie dogs sold to Illinois buyers by a suburban Chicago business where the weeklong outbreak of monkeypox originated, an Agriculture Department spokesman said Friday. Spokesman Jeff Squibb said officials have located two of four Gambian giant rats -- the animal believed to have infected the prairie dogs with monkeypox -- sold within Illinois by the same business. He said they continue to search for the other two, which were given away by the buyer. In all, Squibb said officials have tracked down 19 of 21 prairie dogs sold within Illinois...