TY - JOUR AU - Cardeti, Giusy AU - Brozzi, Alberto AU - Eleni, Claudia AU - Polici, Nicola AU - D’Alterio, Gianlorenzo AU - Carletti, Fabrizio AU - Scicluna, Maria Teresa AU - Castilletti, Concetta AU - Capobianchi, Maria R. AU - Di Caro, Antonino AU - Autorino, Gian Luca AU - Amaddeo, Demetrio T1 - Cowpox Virus in Llama, Italy T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 8 SP - 1513 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Cowpox virus (CPXV) was isolated from skin lesions of a llama on a farm in Italy. Transmission electron microscopy showed brick-shaped particles consistent with orthopoxviruses. CPXV-antibodies were detected in llama and human serum samples; a CPXV isolate had a hemagglutinin sequence identical to CPXV-MonKre08/1–2-3 strains isolated from banded mongooses in Germany. KW - viruses KW - agriculture KW - llama KW - lama glama KW - Italy KW - cowpox KW - CPVX KW - serology KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1708.101912 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/8/10-1912_article ER - End of Reference