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[Poxvirus infections in a cat and its owner]
K Zimmer1, J C Bogantes, W Herbst
1Institut für Veterinär-Pathologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
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|August 1, 1991
Abstract:
A poxvirus infection in a cat and its owner is recorded. The clinical course of the disease as well as the pathological and the histopathological changes are described. The diagnosis "poxvirus infection" was confirmed by electronmicroscopy and cell culture techniques. This is the first human poxvirus infection in the Federal Republic of Germany in which the source of infection was found to be an infected cat. The serological investigation of 104 cat sera revealed antibody titres in 14 cases, indicating that poxvirus infections in cats are not isolated cases.