Necrotic Ulcerated Lesion in a Young Boy Caused by Cowpox Virus Infection
The case presented here points towards the fact that skin lesion observed with a cowpox virus is a rare event but should be considered more as the number of cases has increased in the last years. Cowpox virus (CPXV) belongs to the Poxviridae family. The transmission of CPXV to humans is caused by wi...
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| author | Anne-Laure Favier Olivier Flusin Sébastien Lepreux Hervé Fleury Christine Labrèze Aurélie Georges Jean-Marc Crance Franck Boralevi |
| author_facet | Anne-Laure Favier Olivier Flusin Sébastien Lepreux Hervé Fleury Christine Labrèze Aurélie Georges Jean-Marc Crance Franck Boralevi |
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| description | The case presented here points towards the fact that skin lesion observed with a cowpox virus is a rare event but should be considered more as the number of cases has increased in the last years. Cowpox virus (CPXV) belongs to the Poxviridae family. The transmission of CPXV to humans is caused by wild rodents or mostly by domestic animals and pet rats. In humans, CPXV is responsible for localized skin lesions regularly accompanied by lymphadenopathy. The lesions remain localized but self-inoculation from the primary lesions could occur. Then physicians have to be vigilant concerning bandages. In this case report, a necrotic and ulcerated lesion of a CPXV infection in a young boy is reported. The CPXV was possibly transmitted by wild rodents. The importance of performing the diagnosis is also pointed out. Virus information was obtained from phylogenetic analyses showing that the CPXV isolate was distinct from outbreaks of human cowpox which occurred in 2009 in France and Germany but was close to the CPXV Brighton Red strain. For several years, cases of viral zoonosis caused by CPXV have increased and physicians should be made aware that people could be infected without history of direct contact with animals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11bbe00acb5f4416b5bed1625f992e402022-12-22T01:13:23ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Dermatology1662-65672011-09-013318619410.1159/000331426331426Necrotic Ulcerated Lesion in a Young Boy Caused by Cowpox Virus InfectionAnne-Laure FavierOlivier FlusinSébastien LepreuxHervé FleuryChristine LabrèzeAurélie GeorgesJean-Marc CranceFranck BoraleviThe case presented here points towards the fact that skin lesion observed with a cowpox virus is a rare event but should be considered more as the number of cases has increased in the last years. Cowpox virus (CPXV) belongs to the Poxviridae family. The transmission of CPXV to humans is caused by wild rodents or mostly by domestic animals and pet rats. In humans, CPXV is responsible for localized skin lesions regularly accompanied by lymphadenopathy. The lesions remain localized but self-inoculation from the primary lesions could occur. Then physicians have to be vigilant concerning bandages. In this case report, a necrotic and ulcerated lesion of a CPXV infection in a young boy is reported. The CPXV was possibly transmitted by wild rodents. The importance of performing the diagnosis is also pointed out. Virus information was obtained from phylogenetic analyses showing that the CPXV isolate was distinct from outbreaks of human cowpox which occurred in 2009 in France and Germany but was close to the CPXV Brighton Red strain. For several years, cases of viral zoonosis caused by CPXV have increased and physicians should be made aware that people could be infected without history of direct contact with animals.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/331426Ulcerated lesionNecroticCowpox virusOrthopoxvirusZoonosisRodentDiagnosisHemagglutinin gene |
| spellingShingle | Anne-Laure Favier Olivier Flusin Sébastien Lepreux Hervé Fleury Christine Labrèze Aurélie Georges Jean-Marc Crance Franck Boralevi Necrotic Ulcerated Lesion in a Young Boy Caused by Cowpox Virus Infection Case Reports in Dermatology Ulcerated lesion Necrotic Cowpox virus Orthopoxvirus Zoonosis Rodent Diagnosis Hemagglutinin gene |
| title | Necrotic Ulcerated Lesion in a Young Boy Caused by Cowpox Virus Infection |
| title_full | Necrotic Ulcerated Lesion in a Young Boy Caused by Cowpox Virus Infection |
| title_fullStr | Necrotic Ulcerated Lesion in a Young Boy Caused by Cowpox Virus Infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Necrotic Ulcerated Lesion in a Young Boy Caused by Cowpox Virus Infection |
| title_short | Necrotic Ulcerated Lesion in a Young Boy Caused by Cowpox Virus Infection |
| title_sort | necrotic ulcerated lesion in a young boy caused by cowpox virus infection |
| topic | Ulcerated lesion Necrotic Cowpox virus Orthopoxvirus Zoonosis Rodent Diagnosis Hemagglutinin gene |
| url | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/331426 |
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