Progressive Vaccinia Acquired through Zoonotic Transmission in a Patient with HIV/AIDS, Colombia.
Katherine Laiton-Donato, Paola Ávila-Robayo, Andrés Páez-Martinez, Paula Benjumea-Nieto, José A Usme-Ciro, Nicole Pinzón-Nariño, Ivan Giraldo, Diego Torres-Castellanos, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Nishi Patel, Kimberly Wilkins, Yu Li, Whitni Davidson, Jillybeth Burgado, Panayampalli Subbian Satheshkumar, Ashley Styczynski, Matthew R Mauldin, Martha Gracia-Romero, Brett W Petersen
Emerging infectious diseases 2020 MarIn March 2015, a patient in Colombia with HIV/AIDS was hospitalized for disseminated ulcers after milking cows that had vesicular lesions on their udders. Vaccinia virus was detected, and the case met criteria for progressive vaccinia acquired by zoonotic transmission. Adherence to an optimized antiretroviral regimen resulted in recovery.
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Katherine Laiton-Donato, Paola Ávila-Robayo, Andrés Páez-Martinez, Paula Benjumea-Nieto, José A Usme-Ciro, Nicole Pinzón-Nariño, Ivan Giraldo, Diego Torres-Castellanos, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Nishi Patel, Kimberly Wilkins, Yu Li, Whitni Davidson, Jillybeth Burgado, Panayampalli Subbian Satheshkumar, Ashley Styczynski, Matthew R Mauldin, Martha Gracia-Romero, Brett W Petersen. Progressive Vaccinia Acquired through Zoonotic Transmission in a Patient with HIV/AIDS, Colombia. Emerging infectious diseases. 2020 Mar;26(3):601-605
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