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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 95, No. 5, 2000, pp. 625-627
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Bioline Code: oc00101
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 95, No. 5, 2000, pp. 625-627
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Detection of Poxvirus in Cattle Associated with Human Cases in the State of Rio de Janeiro: Preliminary Report
Hermann Gonalves Schatzmayr; Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos; Carlos Mazur; Armando Schubach; Selma Majerowicz; Tatiana Rozental; Tnia Maria Pacheco Schubach; Maria Cristina Bustamante & Ortrud Monika Barth
Abstract
This preliminary report describes human and cow cases of poxvirus that recently ocurred in the State of Rio de Janeiro. The electron microscopic findings were consistent with parapoxviral and orthopoxviral infection. Orthopoxvirus strains were isolated from human and cow cases. Detailed viral characterization by means of genetical techniques is under investigation. Based on these informations, poxviral diseases should be also considered an emerging viral zoonosis that can affect human beings.
Keywords
poxvirus, human disease, cattle, electron microscopy, Brazil
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