Zoonotic vaccinia virus infection in Brazil: Clinical description and implications for health professionals

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1370-1372

  Trindade, Giliane De Souza ^a   Drumond, Betania Paiva ^a   Guedes, Maria Isabel Maldonado Coelho ^a   Leite, Juliana Almeida ^a,d   Mota, Bruno Eduardo Fernandes ^a   Campos, Marco Antônio ^b   Da Fonseca, Flávio Guimarães ^b   Nogueira, Maurício Lacerda ^c   Lobato, Zélia Inês Portela ^a   Bonjardim, Cláudio Antônio ^a   Ferreira, Paulo César Peregrino ^a   Kroon, Erna Geessien ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COW; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HA GENE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TK GENE; VACCINIA VIRUS; VGF GENE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRAL PROTEINS; ZOONOSES;

BOVINAE; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 34247201641     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00920-06     Document Type: Article

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