Nosocomial Buffalopoxvirus Infection, Karachi, Pakistan

During 5 months in 2004–2005, buffalopoxvirus infection, confirmed by virus isolation and limited nucleic acid sequencing, spread between 5 burns units in Karachi, Pakistan. The outbreak was related to movement of patients between units. Control measures reduced transmission, but sporadic cases cont...

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Autores principales: Zafar, Afia, Swanepoel, Robert, Hewson, Roger, Nizam, Mazhar, Ahmed, Altaf, Husain, Akhtar, Grobbelaar, Antoinette, Bewley, Kevin, Mioulet, Valerie, Dowsett, Barry, Easterbrook, Linda, Hasan, Rumina
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17553232
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.061068
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Sumario:During 5 months in 2004–2005, buffalopoxvirus infection, confirmed by virus isolation and limited nucleic acid sequencing, spread between 5 burns units in Karachi, Pakistan. The outbreak was related to movement of patients between units. Control measures reduced transmission, but sporadic cases continued due to the admission of new patients with community-acquired infections.

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