Vulvar vaccinia infection after sexual contact with a military smallpox vaccinee - Alaska, 2006

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 417-419

  McLaughlin, J ^a   Schmidt, T ^b   Westcott, M ^b   Baumbach, J ^c   Lofgren, J P ^d   Gerber, S ^e   Panares, R ^f   Staggs, W ^g   Collins, L ^h   Tong, S ⁱ   Li, Y ^i,j   Tan, W ⁱ   Mar, E ⁱ   Ruone, S ⁱ   LaMonte Fowlkes, A ⁱ   Anderson, L ⁱ   Reynolds, M ^j   Trindade, G ^j   Olson, V ^j   Damon, I ^j   Fagan, R ^k   Lederman, E ^k   more..

^a Alaska Section Epidemiology   (United States)

^b Alaska State Virology Laboratory   (United States)

^c New Mexico Dept of Health ^*  (Mexico)

^d ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Chicago Dept of Public   (United States)

^f Hammond City Health Dept   (United States)

^g INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h Walter Reed National Vaccine Healthcare Center   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^j National Center for Zoonotic   (United States)

^k CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COITUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VULVA DISEASE;

ADULT; ALASKA; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 34247898972     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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