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Zoonotic Vaccinia Virus Infection in Brazil: Clinical Description and Implications for Health Professionals

2007; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 45; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/jcm.00920-06

ISSN

1098-660X

Autores

Giliane de Souza Trindade, Betânia Paiva Drumond, Maria Isabel Maldonado Coelho Guedes, Juliana Almeida Leite, Bruno Eduardo Fernandes Mota, Marco Antônio Campos, Flávio Guimarães da Fonseca, Maurício Lacerda Nogueira, Zélia Inês Portela Lobato, Cláudio Antônio Bonjardim, Paulo César Peregrino Ferreira, Erna Geessien Kroon,

Tópico(s)

Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments

Resumo

Bovine vaccinia virus outbreaks have been occurring in different regions of Brazil. We report here the time course of natural human infection by vaccinia virus and describe important clinical and epidemiological aspects of this zoonotic infection. The diagnosis of vaccinia virus infection was based on clinical, serological, and molecular procedures.

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