Detection of Vaccinia Virus in Dairy Cattle Serum Samples from 2009, Uruguay

Authors :: Danilo Bretas de Oliveira
Giliane de Souza Trindade
R. Puentes
Cláudio A. Bonjardim
Agustín Furtado
Alexandre Fagundes Pereira
Mirela Cristina Soares Gasparini
Erna Geessien Kroon
Jônatas Santos Abrahão
Ana Paula Moreira Franco-Luiz
Paulo César Peregrino Ferreira
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 22, Iss 12, Pp 2174-2177 (2016), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2016.
Abstract: We detected orthopoxvirus in 28 of 125 serum samples collected during 2009 from cattle in Uruguay. Two samples were PCR-positive for vaccinia virus and had sequences similar to those for vaccinia virus associated with outbreaks in Brazil. Autochthonous circulation of vaccinia virus in Uruguay and other South American countries cannot be ruled out.