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Case Reports
. 2018 Jan;24(1):161-162.
doi: 10.3201/eid2401.170430.

Ocular Vaccinia Infection in Dairy Worker, Brazil

Maurício Teixeira Lima, Graziele Pereira Oliveira, Felipe Lopes Assis, Danilo Bretas de Oliveira, Sidiner Mesquita Vaz, Giliane de Souza Trindade, Jônatas Santos Abrahão, Erna Geessien Kroon
Case Reports

Ocular Vaccinia Infection in Dairy Worker, Brazil

Maurício Teixeira Lima et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

We studied a clinical case of vaccinia virus that caused an ocular manifestation in a dairy worker in Brazil. Biologic and molecular analyses identified a co-infection with 2 isolates from different Brazilian vaccinia virus phylogenetic groups.

Keywords: Brazil; cattle; dairy worker; occupational diseases; ocular infections; ocular vaccinia; vaccinia virus; viruses; zoonoses.

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