Detection of Vaccinia Virus in Urban Domestic Cats, Brazil

Galileu Barbosa Costa,Júlia Bahia Miranda,Gregório Guilherme Almeida,Jaqueline Silva de Oliveira,Mariana Siqueira Pinheiro,Stefanne Aparecida Gonçalves,Jenner Karlisson Pimenta dos Reis,Ricardo Gonçalves,Paulo César Peregrino Ferreira,Cláudio A. Bonjardim,Jônatas Santos Abrahão,Erna Geessien Kroon,Giliane de Souza Trindade

Detection of Vaccinia Virus in Urban Domestic Cats, Brazil

2017

Galileu Barbosa Costa
Júlia Bahia Miranda
Gregório Guilherme Almeida
Jaqueline Silva de Oliveira
Mariana Siqueira Pinheiro
Stefanne Aparecida Gonçalves
Jenner Karlisson Pimenta dos Reis
Ricardo Gonçalves
Paulo César Peregrino Ferreira
Cláudio A. Bonjardim
Jônatas Santos Abrahão
Erna Geessien Kroon
Giliane de Souza Trindade

: We investigated possible vaccinia virus (VACV) in urban house cats in Brazil. Serum samples from 6 cats were positive for VACV by PCR, indicating likely VACV circulation among house cats in urban areas of Brazil. This finding highlights the importance of epidemiologic surveillance to avoid outbreaks among urban human populations.

Keywords:

Cowpox
Virology
Biology
Immunology
Virus
Vaccinia
Orthopoxvirus
Outbreak
Epidemiologic Surveillance
CATS
serum samples

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