Human cowpox virus infection acquired from a circus elephant in Germany

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Hemmer, Christoph J ^a   Littmann, Martina ^b   Löbermann, Micha ^a   Meyer, Hermann ^c   Petschaelis, Angelika ^b   Reisinger, Emil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b Public Health Services   (Germany)

^c Sanitatsakademie der Bundeswehr   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical course; Cowpox; Elephant; Human; Orthopox virus; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COWPOX; COWPOX VIRUS; ELEPHANT; GERMANY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCAR; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COWPOX; COWPOX VIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77957377811     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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