Vaccinia

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Moussatché, Nissin ; Tuyama, Mari ; Kato, Sayuri E.M. ; Castro, Ana Paula V. ; Njaine, Brian ; Peralta, Regina H. ; Peralta, M. ; Damaso, Clarissa R.A. ; Barroso, Paulo F.
• Corporate Authors:
  José
• Description:
  We report the accidental needlestick inoculation of a laboratory worker with vaccinia virus. Although the patient had previously been vaccinated against smallpox, severe lesions appeared on the fingers. Western blot and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism were used to analyze the virus recovered from the lesions. The vaccinia virus-specific immunoglobulin G levels were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Our study supports the need for vaccination for laboratory workers that routinely handle orthopoxvirus.
• Subjects:
  Accidental Infection Adult Antibodies, Viral Dispatch DNA, Viral Female Humans Immunoglobulin G Laboratory Infection Polymerase Chain Reaction Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length Poxvirus Smallpox Vaccination Vaccinia Vaccinia Virus

  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 9(6):724-726.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:138eedcd65e5b5f4f4bf17848cae82e708a3fa32d9a2d78e82142040cc24a956
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14174/cdc_14174_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 247.85 KB ]