Infecção em humanos por varíola bovina na microrregião de Itajubá, Estado de Minas Gerais: relato de caso / Human infection by the cowpox virus in the microregion of Itajubá, state of Minas Gerais: case report
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
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41(5): 507-511, set.-out. 2008. ilus
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in Portuguese
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RESUMO
Os autores relatam três casos de varíola bovina em humanos, ordenhadores manuais em vacas infectadas, na microrregião de Itajubá, MG. As técnicas diagnósticas foram isolamento de amostra semelhante ao vírus vaccinia de secreções das lesões cutâneas, reação em cadeia de polimerase, microscopia eletrônica e anticorpos para Orthopoxvirus no sangue dos pacientes.
ABSTRACT
The authors report three human cases of cowpox infection, among farm workers who were manually milking infected cows, in the microregion of Itajubá, Minas Gerais. The diagnostic techniques used were isolation of samples similar to the vaccinia virus, from skin lesion secretions; polymerase chain reaction; electronic microscopy; and antibodies for Orthopoxvirus in the patients' blood.
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Main subject:
Vaccinia virus
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Cowpox
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Agricultural Workers' Diseases
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Faculdade de Medicina de Itajubá/BR
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/BR
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