title: Nosocomial buffalopoxvirus infection, Karachi, Pakistan.
abstract: During 5 months in 2004-2005, buffalopoxvirus infection, confirmed by virus isolation and limited nucleic acid sequencing, spread between 5 burns units in Karachi, Pakistan. The outbreak was related to movement of patients between units. Control measures reduced transmission, but sporadic cases continued due to the admission of new patients with community-acquired infections.
authors.affiliation: Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. afia.zafar@aku.edu
authors.forename: Afia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zafar
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Swanepoel
authors.forename: Roger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hewson
authors.forename: Mazhar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nizam
authors.forename: Altaf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Akhtar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Husain
authors.forename: Antoinette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grobbelaar
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bewley
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mioulet
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dowsett
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Easterbrook
authors.forename: Rumina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hasan
mesh_terms: D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010356:Patient Isolation; D010802:Phylogeny; D014615:Vaccinia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity