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Cowpox virus transmission from pet rats to humans, France.
Cowpox virus transmission from pet rats to humans, France.
- Source :
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Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2009 May; Vol. 15 (5), pp. 781-4. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- In early 2009, four human cases of cowpox virus cutaneous infection in northern France, resulting from direct contact with infected pet rats (Rattus norvegicus), were studied. Pet rats, originating from the same pet store, were shown to be infected by a unique virus strain. Infection was then transmitted to humans who purchased or had contact with pet rats.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Cowpox epidemiology
Cowpox veterinary
Cowpox virology
Cowpox virus genetics
Cowpox virus pathogenicity
Female
France epidemiology
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rodent Diseases epidemiology
Rodent Diseases virology
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Zoonoses
Animals, Domestic virology
Cowpox transmission
Cowpox virus isolation & purification
Disease Outbreaks
Rats virology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1080-6059
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19402968
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1505.090235