Human orf virus infection from household exposures - United States, 2009-2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 245-248

  Bogoch, Isaac I ^a   Gandhi, Rajesh T ^a   Bibi, Yuval ^b   Dejsuphong, Voraphat ^c   Brown, Catherine M ^d   Enis, David ^e   Cotsarelis, George ^e   Chernak, Esther ^f   Poretz, Donald ^g   Davidson, Whitni ^g   Zhao, Hui ^g   Li, Yu ^g   Bass, Jennifer M ^h   Tack, Danielle M ⁱ  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

ⁱ CDC Experience Applied Epidemiology Fellow   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTAGIOUS ECTHYMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREECE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; POXVIRUS; PREGNANCY; RISK; SHEEP; SKIN DISEASE; SUDAN; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECTHYMA, CONTAGIOUS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; ORF VIRUS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; RISK; SHEEP; SKIN DISEASES; SUDAN; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84859856551     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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