Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2017)

Detection and Molecular Characterization of Zoonotic Poxviruses Circulating in the Amazon Region of Colombia, 2014

  • Jose A. Usme-Ciro,
  • Andrea Paredes,
  • Diana M. Walteros,
  • Erica Natalia Tolosa-Pérez,
  • Katherine Laiton-Donato,
  • Maria del Carmen Pinzón,
  • Brett W. Petersen,
  • Nadia F. Gallardo-Romero,
  • Yu Li,
  • Kimberly Wilkins,
  • Whitni Davidson,
  • Jinxin Gao,
  • Nishi Patel,
  • Yoshinori Nakazawa,
  • Mary G. Reynolds,
  • P. S. Satheshkumar,
  • Ginny L. Emerson,
  • Andrés Páez-Martínez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161041
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 4
pp. 649 – 653

Abstract

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During 2014, cutaneous lesions were reported in dairy cattle and farmworkers in the Amazon Region of western Colombia. Samples from 6 patients were analyzed by serologic and PCR testing, and results demonstrated the presence of vaccinia virus and pseudocowpox virus. These findings highlight the need for increased poxvirus surveillance in Colombia.

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