Outbreak of Vaccinia Virus Infection from Occupational Exposure, China, 2017

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2506.171306
• Publication Date: 2019-04-23T13:40:27Z
• Authors: Bing Lu; Lun-Biao Cui; Min-Hua Gu; Chao Shi; Chuan-Wu Sun; Kang-Chen Zhao; Jun Bi; Zhong-Ming Tan; Xi-Ling Guo; Xiang Huo; Chang-Jun Bao
• Keywords: Adult; Male; 0301 basic medicine; China; Genes, Viral; orthopoxvirus; Vaccinia virus; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; History, 21st Century; Disease Outbreaks; Young Adult; 03 medical and health sciences; Occupational Exposure; Vaccinia; Accidents, Occupational; Animals; Humans; infections; Phylogeny; R; Dispatch; Middle Aged; vaccination; vaccinia virus; 3. Good health; smallpox; disease outbreaks; Medicine; Rabbits

Human infections with vaccinia virus (VACV), mostly from laboratory accidents or contact with infected animals, have occurred since smallpox was eradicated in 1980. No recent cases have been reported in China. We report on an outbreak of VACV from occupational exposure to rabbit skins inoculated with VACV.