Document Type
Article
Department
Pathology and Microbiology
Abstract
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.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Emerging Infectious Disease
Recommended Citation
Zafar, A.,
Swanepoel, R.,
Hewson, R.,
Nizam, M.,
Ahmed, A.,
Husain, A.,
Grobbelaar, A.,
Bewley, K.,
Mioulet, V.,
Dowsett, B.,
Easterbrook, L.,
Hasan, R.
(2007). Nosocomial buffalopoxvirus infection, Karachi, Pakistan. Emerging Infectious Disease, 13(6), 902-904.
Available at:
https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_pathol_microbiol/614