Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2012)

Group 2 Vaccinia Virus, Brazil

  • Felipe Lopes Assis,
  • Iara Apolinario Borges,
  • Paulo César Peregrino Ferreira,
  • Cláudio Antônio Bonjardim,
  • Giliane de Souza Trindade,
  • Zélia Inês Portela Lobato,
  • Maria Isabel Maldonado Guedes,
  • Vaz Mesquita,
  • Erna Geessien Kroon,
  • Jônatas Santos Abrahão

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1812.120145
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 12
pp. 2035 – 2038

Abstract

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In 2011, vaccinia virus caused an outbreak of bovine vaccinia, affecting dairy cattle and dairy workers in Brazil. Genetic and phenotypic analyses identified this isolate as distinct from others recently identified, thereby reinforcing the hypothesis that different vaccinia virus strains co-circulate in Brazil.

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