Generalized cowpox infection probably transmitted from a rat [8]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 451-453

  Honlinger B ^a   Huemer, H P ^a   Romani, N ^a   Czerny, C P ^b   Eisendle, Klaus ^a   Hopel R ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; COWPOX; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; COWPOX; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 24144502912     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06731.x     Document Type: Letter

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