1. Group 2 vaccinia virus, Brazil.
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Assis FL, Borges IA, Ferreira PC, Bonjardim CA, Trindade Gde S, Lobato ZI, Guedes MI, Mesquita V, Kroon EG, Abrahao JS, Assis, Felipe Lopes, Borges, Iara Apolinario, Ferreira, Paulo César Peregrino, Bonjardim, Cláudio Antônio, Trindade, Giliane de Souza, Lobato, Zélia Inês Portela, Guedes, Maria Isabel Maldonado, Mesquita, Vaz, Kroon, Erna Geessien, and Abrahão, Jônatas Santos
- Abstract
In 2011, vaccinia virus caused an outbreak of bovine vaccinia, affecting dairy cattle and dairy workers in Brazil. Genetic and phenotypic analyses identified this isolate as distinct from others recently identified, thereby reinforcing the hypothesis that different vaccinia virus strains co-circulate in Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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