Emerging infectious diseases · 2002 · 108 citations · 3 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesVeterinary MicrobiologyMolecular VirologyVirologyZoonotic Disease EpidemiologyAnimal VirusesVeterinary VirologyViral InfectionsViral PathologyViral ZoonosesZoonotic VirusesDirect Animal-to-human TransmissionHomologyHuman-to-animal TransmissionRodent-borne Viral DiseasesViral Eyelid InfectionsZoonotic Viral Infections
We isolated Cowpox virus (CPXV) from the ulcerative eyelid lesions of a 14-year-old girl, who had cared for a clinically ill wild rat that later died. CPXV isolated from the rat (Rattus norvegicus) showed complete homology with the girl's virus. Our case is the first proven rat-to-human transmission of cowpox.
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