Cowpox virus in a 12-year-old boy: Rapid identification by an orthopoxvirus-specific polymerase chain reaction

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 146-150

  Schupp, P ^a   Pfeffer, M ^b   Meyer, H ^c   Burck, G ^a,d   Kolmel K ^a   Neumann, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Sanitatsakademie der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

^d WHO Collaborating Center for Collection and Evaluation of Data on Comparative Virology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cat; Cowpox virus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT DISEASE; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPOX VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHILD; COWPOX; COWPOX VIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 0034826688     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04300.x     Document Type: Article

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