Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2020)

Progressive Vaccinia Acquired through Zoonotic Transmission in a Patient with HIV/AIDS, Colombia

  • Katherine Laiton-Donato,
  • Paola Ávila-Robayo,
  • Andrés Páez-Martinez,
  • Paula Benjumea-Nieto,
  • José A. Usme-Ciro,
  • Nicole Pinzón-Nariño,
  • Ivan Giraldo,
  • Diego Torres-Castellanos,
  • Yoshinori Nakazawa,
  • Nishi Patel,
  • Kimberly Wilkins,
  • Yu Li,
  • Whitni Davidson,
  • Jillybeth Burgado,
  • Panayampalli Subbian Satheshkumar,
  • Ashley Styczynski,
  • Matthew R. Mauldin,
  • Martha Gracia-Romero,
  • Brett W. Petersen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2603.191365
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 3
pp. 601 – 605

Abstract

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In March 2015, a patient in Colombia with HIV/AIDS was hospitalized for disseminated ulcers after milking cows that had vesicular lesions on their udders. Vaccinia virus was detected, and the case met criteria for progressive vaccinia acquired by zoonotic transmission. Adherence to an optimized antiretroviral regimen resulted in recovery.

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