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Zoonotic Vaccinia Virus Infection in Brazil: Clinical Description and Implications for Health Professionals
Author(s) -
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
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00920-06
Subject(s) - vaccinia , virology , virus , orthopoxvirus , outbreak , serology , poxviridae , biology , epidemiology , vaccination , medicine , immunology , antibody , pathology , gene , biochemistry , recombinant dna
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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