Investigation of the first laboratory-acquired human cowpox virus infection in the United States

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-68

  McCollum, Andrea M ^a,b   Austin, Connie ^c   Nawrocki, John ^c   Howland, Julia ^b,c   Pryde, Julie ^d   Vaid, Awais ^d   Holmes, David ^b   Weil, M Ryan ^a,e   Li, Yu ^a   Wilkins, Kimberly ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a   Smith, Scott K ^a   Karem, Kevin ^a   Reynolds, Mary G ^a   Damon, Inger K ^a  

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

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

^c Infectious Disease Section   (United States)

^d Local Public Health District ^*  (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LEVOFLOXACIN; VACCINIA VACCINE; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CONSULTATION; COWPOX VIRUS; DEBRIDEMENT; DERMATOLOGIST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY ACQUIRED HUMAN COWPOX VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PAIN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUNCH BIOPSY; RANGE OF MOTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DEFECT; SPIDER BITE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWELLING; SWIMMING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

COWPOX; COWPOX VIRUS; DNA CONTAMINATION; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; LABORATORY INFECTION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861545000     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis302     Document Type: Article

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