Detection and Molecular Characterization of Zoonotic Poxviruses Circulating in the Amazon Region of Colombia, 2014

José Aldemar Usme-Ciro,Andrea Paredes,Diana Walteros,Erica Natalia Tolosa-Pérez,Katherine Laiton-Donato,Maria del Carmen Pinzón,Brett W. Petersen,Nadia F. Gallardo-Romero,Yu Li,Kimberly Wilkins,Whitni Davidson,Jinxin Gao,Nishi Patel,Yoshinori Nakazawa,Mary G. Reynolds,Panayampalli Subbian Satheshkumar,Ginny L. Emerson,Andres Paez-Martinez

Detection and Molecular Characterization of Zoonotic Poxviruses Circulating in the Amazon Region of Colombia, 2014

2017

José Aldemar Usme-Ciro
Andrea Paredes
Diana Walteros
Erica Natalia Tolosa-Pérez
Katherine Laiton-Donato
Maria del Carmen Pinzón
Brett W. Petersen
Nadia F. Gallardo-Romero
Yu Li
Kimberly Wilkins
Whitni Davidson
Jinxin Gao
Nishi Patel
Yoshinori Nakazawa
Mary G. Reynolds
Panayampalli Subbian Satheshkumar
Ginny L. Emerson
Andres Paez-Martinez

: During 2014, cutaneous lesions were reported in dairy cattle and farmworkers in the Amazon Region of western Colombia. Samples from 6 patients were analyzed by serologic and PCR testing, and results demonstrated the presence of vaccinia virus and pseudocowpox virus. These findings highlight the need for increased poxvirus surveillance in Colombia.

Keywords:

Virology
Biology
Immunology
Amazon rainforest
Outbreak
Pseudocowpox Virus
Vaccinia
Dairy cattle
Serology
Virus

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