Cowpox virus transmission from pet rats to humans, Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 777-780

  Campe, Hartmut ^a   Zimmermann, Pia ^a   Glos, Katharina ^b   Bayer, Margot ^a   Bergemann, Hans ^c   Dreweck, Caroline ^d   Graf, Petra ^d   Weber, Bianca Kim ^a   Meyer, Hermann ^e   Büttner, Mathias ^a   Busch, Ulrich ^a   Sing, Andreas ^a  

^a BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

^b Haas and Link Tierärztliche Fachklinik für Kleintiere   (Germany)

^c Local Health District Authority   (Germany)

^d Department of Health and Environment ^*  (Germany)

^e BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINIA VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COWPOX; COWPOX VIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTERVIEW; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RAT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NECROSIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; COWPOX; COWPOX VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 66149132232     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1505.090159     Document Type: Article

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