Tanapox: first report in a European traveller and identification by PCR.
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.
Stich
August
A
Medical Mission Hospital, Würzburg, Germany. august.stich@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de
Meyer
Hermann
H
Köhler
Bernd
B
Fleischer
Klaus
K
D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011213:Poxviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017193:Skin Diseases, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014195:Travel; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018158:Yatapoxvirus