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Emerg Infect Dis
; 19(12): 1996-9, 2013 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24274113
ABSTRACT
We investigated 4 related human cases of cowpox virus infection reported in France during 2011. Three patients were infected by the same strain, probably transmitted by imported pet rats, and the fourth patient was infected by another strain. The 2 strains were genetically related to viruses previously isolated from humans with cowpox infection in Europe.