Open AccessSporadic human cases of cowpox in Germany
Author(s) -
Andreas Nitsche,
Georg Pauli
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.12.16.03178-en
Subject(s) - cowpox , cowpox virus , enzootic , virology , cats , biology , medicine , virus , vaccinia , biochemistry , gene , recombinant dna
Cowpox has been enzootic in cattle for a long time. Over the past years, however, no cowpox virus infections of cattle were diagnosed in Germany. Instead, cowpox viruses are increasingly found in cats, which can develop lesions and secrete large amounts of virus.