TY - JOUR AU - Usme-Ciro, Jose AU - Paredes, Andrea AU - Walteros, Diana AU - Tolosa-Pérez, Erica Natalia AU - Laiton-Donato, Katherine AU - Pinzón, Maria del Carmen AU - Petersen, Brett AU - Gallardo-Romero, Nadia AU - Li, Yu AU - Wilkins, Kimberly AU - Davidson, Whitni AU - Gao, Jinxin AU - Patel, Nishi AU - Nakazawa, Yoshinori AU - Reynolds, Mary AU - Satheshkumar, P. S. AU - Emerson, Ginny AU - Páez-Martínez, Andrés T1 - Detection and Molecular Characterization of Zoonotic Poxviruses Circulating in the Amazon Region of Colombia, 2014 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 4 SP - 649 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - poxvirus KW - vaccinia virus KW - pseudocowpox virus KW - zoonoses KW - dairy farmworkers KW - cattle KW - Colombia KW - Amazon KW - outbreak KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2304.161041 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/4/16-1041_article ER - End of Reference