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Case Reports
. 2002 Mar-Apr;96(2):178-9.
doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90295-6.

Tanapox: first report in a European traveller and identification by PCR

August Stich  1 , Hermann Meyer, Bernd Köhler, Klaus Fleischer
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Tanapox: first report in a European traveller and identification by PCR

August Stich et al. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Tanapox is a rare pox disease endemic in East Africa. We report the first case of tanapox in a European traveller who contracted the disease in 1999 during a short visit to Tanzania. The diagnosis was made on clinical grounds and confirmed by electron microscopy and a tanapox virus-specific PCR assay.

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