title: Zoonotic vaccinia virus infection in Brazil: clinical description and implications for health professionals.
abstract: Bovine vaccinia virus outbreaks have been occurring in different regions of Brazil. We report here the time course of natural human infection by vaccinia virus and describe important clinical and epidemiological aspects of this zoonotic infection. The diagnosis of vaccinia virus infection was based on clinical, serological, and molecular procedures.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Vírus, Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Caixa Postal 486, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giliane
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Souza Trindade
authors.forename: Betania Paiva
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Drumond
authors.forename: Maria Isabel Maldonado Coelho
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Guedes
authors.forename: Juliana Almeida
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.forename: Bruno Eduardo Fernandes
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.forename: Marco Antônio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Flávio Guimarães
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: da Fonseca
authors.forename: Maurício Lacerda
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.forename: Zélia Inês Portela
authors.initials: ZI
authors.lastname: Lobato
authors.forename: Cláudio Antônio
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bonjardim
authors.forename: Paulo César Peregrino
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Erna Geessien
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Kroon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001483:Base Sequence; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D010802:Phylogeny; D017385:Sequence Homology; D014615:Vaccinia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins