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Emerg Infect Dis
; 17(8): 1513-5, 2011 Aug.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21801638
RESUMEN
Cowpox virus (CPXV) was isolated from skin lesions of a llama on a farm in Italy. Transmission electron microscopy showed brick-shaped particles consistent with orthopoxviruses. CPXV-antibodies were detected in llama and human serum samples; a CPXV isolate had a hemagglutinin sequence identical to CPXV-MonKre08/1-2-3 strains isolated from banded mongooses in Germany.