Rat-to-human transmission of cowpox infection

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1495-1496

  Wolfs, Tom F W ^a   Wagenaar, Jaap A ^b   Niesters, Hubert G M ^c   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COWPOX; COWPOX VIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RAT; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0036918631     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0812.020089     Document Type: Article

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