TY - JOUR
T1 - Nosocomial buffalopoxvirus infection, Karachi, Pakistan
AU - Zafar, Afia
AU - Swanepoel, Robert
AU - Hewson, Roger
AU - Nizam, Mazhar
AU - Ahmed, Altaf
AU - Husain, Akhtar
AU - Grobbelaar, Antoinette
AU - Bewley, Kevin
AU - Mioulet, Valerie
AU - Dowsett, Barry
AU - Easterbrook, Linda
AU - Hasan, Rumina
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - During 5 months in 2004-2005, buffalopoxvirus infection, confirmed by virus isolation and limited nucleic acid sequencing, spread between 5 burns units in Karachi, Pakistan. The outbreak was related to movement of patients between units. Control measures reduced transmission, but sporadic cases continued due to the admission of new patients with community-acquired infections.
AB - During 5 months in 2004-2005, buffalopoxvirus infection, confirmed by virus isolation and limited nucleic acid sequencing, spread between 5 burns units in Karachi, Pakistan. The outbreak was related to movement of patients between units. Control measures reduced transmission, but sporadic cases continued due to the admission of new patients with community-acquired infections.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34250020415&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid1306.061068
DO - 10.3201/eid1306.061068
M3 - Article
C2 - 17553232
AN - SCOPUS:34250020415
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 13
SP - 902
EP - 904
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 6
ER -
