Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Possibly Associated with Emerging Zoonotic Vaccinia Virus in a Farming Community, Colombia

Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Possibly Associated with Emerging Zoonotic Vaccinia Virus in a Farming Community, Colombia

In 2014, vaccinia virus (VACV) infections were identified among farmworkers in Caquetá Department, Colombia; additional cases were identified in Cundinamarca Department in 2015. VACV, an orthopoxvirus (OPXV) used in the smallpox vaccine, has caused sporadic bovine and human outbreaks in countries su...

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Main Authors: Ashley Styczynski, Jillybeth Burgado, Diana Walteros, José Usme-Ciro, Katherine Laiton, Alejandra Pinilla Farias, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Christina Chapman, Whitni Davidson, Matthew Mauldin, Clint Morgan, Juan Martínez-Cerón, Edilson Patiña, Leidy Laura López Sepúlveda, Claudia Patricia Torres, Anyely Eliana Cruz Suarez, Gina Paez Olaya, Carlos Elkin Riveros, Diana Yaneth Cepeda, Leydi Acosta Lopez, Daniela Gomez Espinosa, Faiber Antonio Gutierrez Lozada, Yu Li, P.S. Satheshkumar, Mary Reynolds, Martha Gracia-Romero, Brett Petersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
vaccinia virus
orthopox virus
zoonotic
dairy farms
Colombia
viruses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/12/18-1114_article

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