Passatempo virus, a vaccinia virus strain, Brazil.
Passatempo virus was isolated during a zoonotic outbreak. Biologic features and molecular characterization of hemagglutinin, thymidine kinase, and vaccinia growth factor genes suggested a vaccinia virus infection, which strengthens the idea of the reemergence and circulation of vaccinia virus in Brazil. Molecular polymorphisms indicated that Passatempo virus is a different isolate.
Leite
Juliana A
JA
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Drumond
Betânia P
BP
Trindade
Giliane S
GS
Lobato
Zélia I P
ZI
da Fonseca
Flávio G
FG
dos
Santos João R
SJ
Madureira
Marieta C
MC
Guedes
Maria I M C
MI
Ferreira
Jaqueline M S
JM
Bonjardim
Cláudio A
CA
Ferreira
Paulo C P
PC
Kroon
Erna G
EG
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D010802:Phylogeny; D014615:Vaccinia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology*; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D015047:Zoonoses