Human poxvirus disease after smallpox eradication.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 26(2): 273-81, 1977 Mar.
Article
en En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-192091
ABSTRACT
A 5-year-old boy living in a small camp in the rural Ivory Coast had a disease resembling smallpox. This occurred 4 years after smallpox had been eradicated from the Ivory Coast and 1.5 years after the last case of smallpox was detected in West and Central Africa. Clinical, serological, and epidemiological evidence indicated this disease was probably monkeypox, a poxvirus of the variola/vaccina subgroup. A serologic survey of poxvirus antibodies in the wild animal population detected neutralizing antibodies in rodents, larger mammals, primates, and birds. The laboratory and ecological characteristics of poxviruses require further elucidation, especially those which have been found in animals near human monkeypox cases.
Search on Google
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Viruela
/
Infecciones por Poxviridae
Límite:
Adolescent
/
Adult
/
Animals
/
Child
/
Child, preschool
/
Humans
/
Infant
/
Male
País como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Año:
1977
Tipo del documento:
Article