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The first case of monkeypox in humans was recorded in which country?

ANigeria

BKenya

CDemocratic Republic of Congo

DIndia

Correct answer

C. Democratic Republic of Congo

Explanation

Monkeypox virus, a zoonotic orthopox DNA virus related to the virus that causes smallpox, was first described in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).

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