Accidental Infection of Laboratory Worker with Vaccinia Virus.

Autor: Moussatche, Nissin, Tuyama, Mari, Kato, Sayuri E.M., Castro, Ana Paula V., Njaine, Brian, Peralta, Regina H., Peralta, Jose M., Damaso, Clarissa R.A., Barroso, Paulo F.
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Jun2003, Vol. 9 Issue 6, p724, 3p, 8 Color Photographs, 1 Graph
Abstrakt: Reports the accidental needlestick inoculation of a laboratory worker with vaccinia virus. Previous vaccination of the patient against smallpox; Appearance of severe lesions on the fingers; Use of a western blot and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism to analyze the virus recovered from the lesions.
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