Nosocomial buffalopoxvirus infection, Karachi, Pakistan.
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.
Zafar
Afia
A
Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. afia.zafar@aku.edu
Swanepoel
Robert
R
Hewson
Roger
R
Nizam
Mazhar
M
Ahmed
Altaf
A
Husain
Akhtar
A
Grobbelaar
Antoinette
A
Bewley
Kevin
K
Mioulet
Valerie
V
Dowsett
Barry
B
Easterbrook
Linda
L
Hasan
Rumina
R
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