Concomitant Human Infections with 2 Cowpox Virus Strains in Related Cases, France, 2011

Concomitant Human Infections with 2 Cowpox Virus Strains in Related Cases, France, 2011

We investigated 4 related human cases of cowpox virus infection reported in France during 2011. Three patients were infected by the same strain, probably transmitted by imported pet rats, and the fourth patient was infected by another strain. The 2 strains were genetically related to viruses previou...

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Main Authors: Corinne Ducournau, Audrey Ferrier-Rembert, Olivier Ferraris, Aurélie Joffre, Anne-Laure Favier, Olivier Flusin, Dieter Van Cauteren, Kaci Kecir, Brigitte Auburtin, Serge Védy, Maël Bessaud, Christophe N. Peyrefitte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
cowpox virus
orthopoxvirus
rat-to-human infections
poxvirus
viruses
France
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/12/13-0256_article

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