Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2016)

Detection of Vaccinia Virus in Dairy Cattle Serum Samples from 2009, Uruguay

  • Ana Paula Moreira Franco-Luiz,
  • Danilo Bretas Oliveira,
  • Alexandre Fagundes Pereira,
  • Mirela Cristina Soares Gasparini,
  • Cláudio Antônio Bonjardim,
  • Paulo César Peregrino Ferreira,
  • Giliane de Souza Trindade,
  • Rodrigo Puentes,
  • Agustin Furtado,
  • Jônatas Santos Abrahão,
  • Maurício Teixeira Lima

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2212.160447
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 12
pp. 2174 – 2177

Abstract

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We detected orthopoxvirus in 28 of 125 serum samples collected during 2009 from cattle in Uruguay. Two samples were PCR-positive for vaccinia virus and had sequences similar to those for vaccinia virus associated with outbreaks in Brazil. Autochthonous circulation of vaccinia virus in Uruguay and other South American countries cannot be ruled out.

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