Zoonotic vaccinia virus: clinical and immunological characteristics in a naturally infected patient.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Vaccinia virus was used as vaccine to eradicate smallpox. We report a zoonotic case of vaccinia virus infection in a 30-year-old patient who became infected after handling sick dairy cattle. The patient had inflamed lesions and systemic symptoms. Laboratory findings were indicative of down-modulated immune responses to the virus.
Medical subject headings
- Cattle Diseases
- Vaccinia
- Vaccinia virus
- Zoonoses