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Cowpox virus isolate virulent in humans shows attenuated phenotype in mice.
Research in veterinary science - 1 Apr 2012
Huemer Hartwig P, Lassnig Caroline, Nowotny Norbert
Abstract excerpt
We have cultured Cowpox virus (CPXV) from skin lesion material of a human patient from Austria. Phylogenetic comparison of the HA-gene revealed a rather homogeneous cluster with other local isolates from recent years, the A36R-gene was mostly related to elephant derived strains from Germany. Despite causing disease in human, the isolate AT/Carinthia/788/07 surprisingly even at high titers showed a highly reduced...
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