Cowpox Virus Transmission from Pet Rats to Humans, France

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Ninove, Laetitia ; Domart, Yves ; Vervel, Christine ; Voinot, Chrystel ; Salez, Nicolas ; Raoult, Didier ; Meyer, Hermann ; Capek, Isabelle ; Zandotti, Christine ; Charrel, Remi N.
• Description:
  In early 2009, four human cases of cowpox virus cutaneous infection in northern France, resulting from direct contact with infected pet rats (Rattus norvegicus), were studied. Pet rats, originating from the same pet store, were shown to be infected by a unique virus strain. Infection was then transmitted to humans who purchased or had contact with pet rats.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Animals Animals, Domestic Cowpox Cowpox Virus Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Expedited Female France Humans Molecular Sequence Data Orthopoxvirus Outbreak Pet Rats Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction Rats Rodent Diseases Sequence Analysis, DNA Viruses Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(5):781-784.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e3baf8e168425dace254d1e124d758acda0ed4e7c8a7dcaa8b03c5de0b9457b9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17857/cdc_17857_DS1.pdf
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