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Cat-to-Human Orthopoxvirus Transmission, Northeastern Italy

26 Feb 2009

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To the Editor: Kurth et al (1) recently described a cowpoxvirus chain of transmission from rat to human through an elephant in Germany. Zoonotic cowpoxvirus infections are well known in Europe (2,3). This virus can infect many animal species; serologic evidence of infection may approach 10% in cats in western Europe (4,5). Zoonotic orthopoxvirus (OPV) infection has been reported in several European countries, but...

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PMID: 19239778
DOI: 10.3201/eid1503.080813

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