Reemergence of vaccinia virus during Zoonotic outbreak, Pará State, Brazil

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Dec;19(12):2017-20. doi: 10.3201/eid1912.130589.

Abstract

In 2010, vaccinia virus caused an outbreak of bovine vaccinia that affected dairy cattle and rural workers in Pará State, Brazil. Genetic analyses identified the virus as distinct from BeAn58058 vaccinia virus (identified in 1960s) and from smallpox vaccine virus strains. These findings suggest spread of autochthonous group 1 vaccinia virus in this region.

Keywords: Amazon Region; Brazil; Pará State; orthopoxvirus; reemergence; vaccinia virus; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology
  • Cattle Diseases / virology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Genes, Viral
  • Geography, Medical
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Vaccinia / epidemiology*
  • Vaccinia / pathology
  • Vaccinia / veterinary*
  • Vaccinia virus / classification*
  • Vaccinia virus / genetics*
  • Zoonoses / epidemiology*