Cowpox Virus Transmission from Rats to Monkeys, the Netherlands

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Martina, Byron E.E. ; van Doornum, Gerard ; Dorrestein, Gerry M. ; Niesters, Hubert G.M. ; Stittelaar, Koert J. ; Wolters, Marno A.B.I. ; van Bolhuis, Hester G.H. ; Osterhaus, Albert D.M.E.
• Description:
  We report an outbreak of cowpox virus among monkeys at a sanctuary for exotic animals. Serologic analysis and polymerase chain reaction were performed on blood and swab samples from different rodent species trapped at the sanctuary during the outbreak. Sequence comparison and serologic results showed that brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) transmitted the virus to monkeys.
• Subjects:
  Animals Base Sequence Cowpox Cowpox Virus Disease Outbreaks Disease Reservoirs Disease Transmission, Infectious Dispatch DNA, Viral Hemagglutinins Macaca Molecular Sequence Data Monkey Diseases Netherlands Nonhuman Primates Polymerase Chain Reaction Poxvirus Rats Rodents Sequence Alignment Sequence Analysis, DNA Transmission Viral Proteins Zoonosis

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(6):1005-1007.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:84a757a4a5e99ee6e03d9f9f973061a26a61432cbb877658a73b12becb680630
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16159/cdc_16159_DS1.pdf
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