Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2018)

Ocular Vaccinia Infection in Dairy Worker, Brazil

  • Maurício Teixeira Lima,
  • Graziele Pereira Oliveira,
  • Felipe Lopes Assis,
  • Danilo Bretas de Oliveira,
  • Sidiner Mesquita Vaz,
  • Giliane de Souza Trindade,
  • Jônatas Santos Abrahão,
  • Erna Geessien Kroon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2401.170430
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 1
pp. 161 – 162

Abstract

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We studied a clinical case of vaccinia virus that caused an ocular manifestation in a dairy worker in Brazil. Biologic and molecular analyses identified a co-infection with 2 isolates from different Brazilian vaccinia virus phylogenetic groups.

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