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DETECTION OF POXVIRUS IN CATTLE ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN CASES IN THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO: PRELIMINARY REPORT
Schatzmayr, Hermann Gonçalves et al. | Date Issued: 2000
Author
Schatzmayr, Hermann Gonçalves
Lemos, Elba Regina Sampaio de
Mazur, Carlos
Schubach, Armando
Majerowicz, Selma
Rozental, Tatiana
Schubach, Tânia Maria Pacheco
Bustamante, Maria Cristina
Barth, Ortrud Monika
Affilliation
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Microbiologia e Imunobiologia Veterinária. Seropédica, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Hospital Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Hospital Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Piraí. Piraí, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Virologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
This preliminary report describes human and cow cases of poxvirus that recently ocurred in the State of Rio de Janeiro. The electron microscopic findings were consistent with parapoxviral and orthopoxviral infection. Orthopoxvirus strains were isolated from human and cow cases. Detailed viral characterization by means of genetical techniques is under investigation. Based on these informations, poxviral diseases should be also considered an emerging viral zoonosis that can affect human beings.
Keywords
Poxvirus
Human disease
Cattle
Electron microscopy
Brazil
 
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Citation
SCHATZMAYR, Hermann Gonçalves et al. Detection of poxvirus in cattle associated with human cases in the state of Rio de Janeiro: preliminary report. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 95, n. 5, p. 625-627, 2000.
DOI
10.1590/S0074-02762000000500007
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0074-0276