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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 79(5), 2008, pp. 647-651
Copyright © 2008 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Vaccinia Virus in Humans and Cattle in Southwest Region of São Paulo State, Brazil

Jane Megid*, Camila Michele Appolinário, Hélio Langoni, Edviges Maristela Pituco, AND Liria Hiromi Okuda
University of São Paulo State, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Hygiene and Public Health, Botucatu, Brazil; Instituto Biologico de São Paulo, Laboratorio de Viroses de Bovideos, São Paulo, Brazil

 

ABSTRACT

A new outbreak of Vaccinia virus was observed in Southwest region of São Paulo State, Brazil. The disease was observed in four small dairy farms with manual milking. Lesions were detected in cattle and in humans previously vaccinated and not vaccinated against smallpox. Although several reports of Vaccinia virus outbreaks have been occurring in Brazil, it was not yet reported in this region. This outbreak reinforces the viral circulation in our country. The disease in persons previously vaccinated and not vaccinated against smallpox reinforces the absence of immunity, the risk to the human health, and the need for more epidemiologic and immunologic studies.

Received March 20, 2008. Accepted for publication July 5, 2008.

* Address correspondence to Jane Megid, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho," Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Saúde Pública, Departamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública, Distrito de Rubião Junior, sem número, CEP 18618-000 Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil. E-mail: jane{at}fmvz.unesp.br

Authors’ addresses: Jane Megid, Camila Michele Appolinário, and Hélio Langoni, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho," Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública, Distrito de Rubião Junior, sem número, CEP 18618-000 Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil, Tel/Fax: 55-14-3815-2343, 55-14-3811-6270, E-mails: jane{at}fmvz.unesp.br, camila_app{at}yahoo.com.br, and hlangoni{at}fmvz.unesp.br. Edviges Maristela Pituco and Liria Hiromi Okuda, Instituto Biológico de São Paulo, Laboratório de Viroses de Bovídeos, Av. Conselheiro Rodrigues Alves, 1.252, CEP 04014-000 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Tel/Fax: 55-11-5087-1701, E-mails: pituco{at}biologico.sp.gov.br and liriaho{at}yahoo.com.br.






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