Vaccinia virus zoonotic infection, São Paulo State, Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-191

  Megid, Jane ^a   Borges, Iara A ^a   Abrahão, Jonatas S ^a   Trindade, Giliane S ^a   Appolinário, Camila M ^a   Ribeiro, Márcio G ^a   Allendorf, Susan D ^a   Antunes, João Marcelo A P ^a   Silva Fernandes, André T ^b   Kroon, Erna G ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FOREST; GENE SEQUENCE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84856574418     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1801.111176     Document Type: Letter

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