Ocular Vaccinia Infection in Dairy Worker, Brazil

Authors :: Erna Geessien Kroon
Giliane de Souza Trindade
Graziele Pereira Oliveira
Jônatas Santos Abrahão
Felipe L. Assis
Mauricio Teixeira Lima
Sidiner Mesquita Vaz
Danilo Bretas de Oliveira
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 161-162 (2018), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018.
Abstract: We studied a clinical case of vaccinia virus that caused an ocular manifestation in a dairy worker in Brazil. Biologic and molecular analyses identified a co-infection with 2 isolates from different Brazilian vaccinia virus phylogenetic groups.

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