Concomitant human infections with 2 cowpox virus strains in related cases, France, 2011.

Ducournau, Corinne; Ferrier-Rembert, Audrey; Ferraris, Olivier; Joffre, Aurélie; Favier, Anne-Laure; Flusin, Olivier; Van Cauteren, Dieter; Kecir, Kaci; Auburtin, Brigitte; Védy, Serge; Bessaud, Maël; Peyrefitte, Christophe N

Ducournau, Corinne; Ferrier-Rembert, Audrey; Ferraris, Olivier; Joffre, Aurélie; Favier, Anne-Laure; Flusin, Olivier; Van Cauteren, Dieter; Kecir, Kaci; Auburtin, Brigitte; Védy, Serge; Bessaud, Maël; Peyrefitte, Christophe N.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 19(12): 1996-9, 2013 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24274113

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

We investigated 4 related human cases of cowpox virus infection reported in France during 2011. Three patients were infected by the same strain, probably transmitted by imported pet rats, and the fourth patient was infected by another strain. The 2 strains were genetically related to viruses previously isolated from humans with cowpox infection in Europe.

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Cowpox virus/classification; Cowpox virus/genetics; Cowpox/epidemiology; Adult; Animals; Cell Line; Child; Cowpox/transmission; Cowpox virus/isolation & purification; Female; France/epidemiology; Genome, Viral; Humans; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; Rats

Key words

France; co-infection; cowpox virus; orthopoxvirus; poxvirus; rat-to-human infections; strains; viruses

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Cowpox / Cowpox virus Limits: Adult / Animals / Child / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Emerg Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2013 Type: Article

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