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SUBMITTER: Pelkonen PM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3035531 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pelkonen Paula M PM Tarvainen Kyllikki K Hynninen Arja A Kallio Eva R K ER Henttonen Keikki K Palva Airi A Vaheri Antti A Vapalahti Olli O
Emerging infectious diseases 20031101 11
Cowpox with a severe, generalized eruption was diagnosed in an atopic 4-year-old girl by electron microscopy, virus isolation, polymerase chain reaction, and immunoglobulin (Ig) M and low-avidity IgG antibodies. The hemagglutinin gene of the isolate clustered with a Russian cowpox virus strain, and more distantly, with other cowpox and vaccinia virus strains. The patient's dog had orthopoxvirus-specific antibodies, indicating a possible transmission route. In Finnish wild rodents, orthopoxvirus ...[more]