Vaccinia Virus Infections in Martial Arts Gym, Maryland, USA, 2008

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Hughes, Christine M. ; Blythe, David ; Li, Yu ; Reddy, Ramani ; Jordan, Carol ; Edwards, Cindy ; Adams, Celia ; Conners, Holly ; Rasa, Catherine ; Wilby, Sue ; Russell, Jamaal ; Russo, Kelly S. ; Somsel, Patricia ; Wiedbrauk, Danny L. ; Dougherty, Cindy ; Allen, Christopher ; Frace, Mike ; Emerson, Ginny ; Olson, Victoria A. ; Smith, Scott K. ; Braden, Zachary ; Abel, Jason ; Davidson, Whitni ; Reynolds, Mary ; Damon, Inger K.
• Description:
  Vaccinia virus is an orthopoxvirus used in the live vaccine against smallpox. Vaccinia virus infections can be transmissible and can cause severe complications in those with weakened immune systems. We report on a cluster of 4 cases of vaccinia virus infection in Maryland, USA, likely acquired at a martial arts gym.
• Subjects:
  Adult Base Sequence DNA, Viral Hemagglutination, Viral Humans Immunoglobulin M Male Molecular Sequence Data Sequence Alignment Sequence Analysis, DNA Skin Smallpox Vaccine Vaccinia Virus

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(4):730-733.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:73b48b9dc1bbb9bc23c6e52ea7d6d3f1a4b2aab91ab1656e70212a35947529fa
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24305/cdc_24305_DS1.pdf
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