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Rat-to-human transmission of cowpox infection

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2002) 8(12) 1495-1496
DOI: 10.3201/eid0812.020089
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Abstract

We isolated Cowpox virus (CPXV) from the ulcerative eyelid lesions of a 14-year-old girl, who had cared for a clinically ill wild rat that later died. CPXV isolated from the rat (Rattus norvegicus) showed complete homology with the girl's virus. Our case is the first proven rat-to-human transmission of cowpox.

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Wolfs, T. F. W., Wagenaar, J. A., Niesters, H. G. M., & Osterhaus, A. D. M. E. (2002). Rat-to-human transmission of cowpox infection. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8(12), 1495–1496. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0812.020089

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