Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Cowpox Virus Infection in Pet Rat Owners

2009; Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3238/arztebl.2009.0329

ISSN

1866-0452

Autores

Christian Becker, Andreas Kurth, Frank Hessler, Harald Kramp, M. Gokel, Rudolf Hoffmann, Annette Kuczka, Andreas Nitsche,

Tópico(s)

Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments

Resumo

The aim of this article is to make physicians of all specialties aware of the possible variations of clinical course in human cowpox infection. This has been a matter of current interest since the detection of a first cluster of infections among owners of white pet rats in the Krefeld area in the spring of 2008. Two further cases arose in the Krefeld area in November 2008, and there have since been multiple further reports from various regions in Germany and the neighboring countries.

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