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Elderly Alaska man is first reported person to die of recently discovered Alaskapox virus

  • An elderly man from Alaska with a weakened immune system has died from Alaskapox, the first reported fatal case of the viral disease.
  • Alaskapox, a virus related to smallpox, monkeypox, and cowpox, was first identified in Fairbanks in 2015 and is most common in small mammals.
  • The man's infection suggests that Alaskapox is more widely distributed in animals than previously thought, according to scientists from the Alaska Department of Health.
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