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  • Mpox Outbreak in Africa Traced Back to Squirrels

    Mpox Outbreak in Africa Traced Back to Squirrels

    Scientists May Have Finally Found the Mysterious Animal Hosts of Mpox A team of researchers traced the wild animal source of the mpox virus to the fire-footed rope squirrel By Jane Qiu & Nature magazine Cuvier’s fire-footed squirrel (Funisciurus pyrrhopus) in a tree. One of the great mysteries of the monkeypox virus has been pinpointing…