Evaluating anti-Orthopoxvirus antibodies in individuals from Brazilian rural areas prior to the bovine vaccinia era

Vaccinia virus naturally circulates in Brazil and is the causative agent of a zoonotic disease known as bovine vaccinia (BV). We retrospectively evaluated two populations from the Amazon and Southeast Regions. BV outbreaks had not been reported in these regions before sample collection. Neutralising...

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Main Authors: Poliana de Oliveira Figueiredo, André Tavares da Silva-Fernandes, Bruno Eduardo Fernandes Mota, Galileu Barbosa Costa, Iara Apolinário Borges, Paulo César Peregrino Ferreira, Jônatas Santos Abrahão, Erika Martins Braga, Erna Geessien Kroon, Giliane de Souza Trindade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2015-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762015000600804&lng=en&tlng=en