Rat-to-Human Transmission of Cowpox Infection

Wolfs, Tom F.W.; Wagenaar, Jaap A.; Niesters, Hubert G.M.; Osterhaus, Albert D.M.E.

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Rat-to-Human Transmission of Cowpox Infection

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Dec 2002
By Wolfs, Tom F.W. ; Wagenaar, Jaap A. ; Niesters, Hubert G.M. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Wolfs, Tom F.W. ; Wagenaar, Jaap A. ; Niesters, Hubert G.M. ; Osterhaus, Albert D.M.E.
Description:

We isolated Cowpox virus (CPXV) from the ulcerative eyelid lesions of a 14-year-old girl, who had cared for a clinically ill wild rat that later died. CPXV isolated from the rat (Rattus norvegicus) showed complete homology with the girl's virus. Our case is the first proven rat-to-human transmission of cowpox.
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Adolescent Animals Cowpox Cowpox Virus Dispatch Female Humans Rats Transmission Zoonosis
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Emerg Infect Dis. 8(12):1495-1496.
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Journal Article
Volume:

8
Issue:

12
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:9c2a922cb3c2433332b9d90fc3cd4907f9309921647916546d0e7057c272851e
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