One more piece in the VACV ecological puzzle: could peridomestic rodents be the link between wildlife and bovine vaccinia outbreaks in Brazil?

One more piece in the VACV ecological puzzle: could peridomestic rodents be the link between wildlife and bovine vaccinia outbreaks in Brazil?

BACKGROUND: Despite the fact that smallpox eradication was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1980, other poxviruses have emerged and re-emerged, with significant public health and economic impacts. Vaccinia virus (VACV), a poxvirus used during the WHO smallpox vaccination campaign,...

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Main Authors: Jônatas S Abrahão, Maria Isabel M Guedes, Giliane S Trindade, Flávio G Fonseca, Rafael K Campos, Bruno F Mota, Zélia I P Lobato, André T Silva-Fernandes, Gisele O L Rodrigues, Larissa S Lima, Paulo C P Ferreira, Cláudio A Bonjardim, Erna G Kroon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2758550?pdf=render

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