title: Cowpox virus transmission from pet rats to humans, France.
abstract: In early 2009, four human cases of cowpox virus cutaneous infection in northern France, resulting from direct contact with infected pet rats (Rattus norvegicus), were studied. Pet rats, originating from the same pet store, were shown to be infected by a unique virus strain. Infection was then transmitted to humans who purchased or had contact with pet rats.
authors.affiliation: Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Laetitia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ninove
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Domart
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vervel
authors.forename: Chrystel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Voinot
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Salez
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Capek
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zandotti
authors.forename: Remi N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Charrel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000821:virology*; D015605:Cowpox / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D015608:Cowpox virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats / Q000821:virology*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015047:Zoonoses