Pitfalls in diagnosing human poxvirus infections

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-168

  Nitsche, Andreas ^a   Gelderblom, Hans R ^a   Eisendle, Klaus ^b   Romani, Nikolaus ^b   Pauli, Georg ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Good laboratory praxis; Poxvirus infection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLEEDING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COWPOX VIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; LACERATION; MALE; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PAPULOVESICULAR RASH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAPOXVIRUS; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33846088145     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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