Sheep-to-human transmission of orf virus during eid al-Adha religious practices, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-105

  Nougairede, Antoine ^a,b   Fossati, Christelle ^c   Salez, Nicolas ^a   Cohen Bacrie, Stephan ^d   Ninove, Laetitia ^a,b   Michel, Fabrice ^e   Aboukais, Samer ^f   Buttner, Mathias ^g   Zandotti, Christine ^b   de Lamballerie, Xavier ^a,b   Charrel, Remi N ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^c Hôpital Paul Desbief   (France)

^d Laboratoire Alphabio   (France)

^e Service Santé Environnement   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^g Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALAISE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHLEGMON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; PUSTULE; RELIGION; SHEEP; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SUPERINFECTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ECTHYMA, CONTAGIOUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORF VIRUS; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 84871640223     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1901.120421     Document Type: Article

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