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Cowpox with severe generalized eruption, Finland.


ABSTRACT: 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 seroprevalences were 0%-92%, in humans the seroprevalence was 100% in the age group >50, decreasing towards younger age groups.

SUBMITTER: Pelkonen PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3035531 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cowpox with severe generalized eruption, Finland.

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]

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