TY - JOUR
T1 - Cowpox virus in Llama, Italy
AU - Cardeti, Giusy
AU - Brozzi, Alberto
AU - Eleni, Claudia
AU - Polici, Nicola
AU - D'Alterio, Gianlorenzo
AU - Carletti, Fabrizio
AU - Scicluna, Maria Teresa
AU - Castilletti, Concetta
AU - Capobianchi, Maria R.
AU - di Caro, Antonino
AU - Autorino, Gian Luca
AU - Amadde, Demetrio
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid1708.101912
DO - 10.3201/eid1708.101912
M3 - Article
C2 - 21801638
AN - SCOPUS:79960877569
VL - 17
SP - 1513
EP - 1515
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
SN - 1080-6040
IS - 8
ER -