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. 1976 Oct;125(4):266–270.

Nosocomial Vaccinia Infection

Rudolph H Johnson 1, Jan R Krupp 1, Andrew R Hoffman 1, Jeffrey P Koplan 1, James H Nakano 1, Thomas C Merigan 1
PMCID: PMC1237307  PMID: 1032226

Abstract

Although hospital-associated spread of vaccinia has been reported in the past, there have been no recent reports. This paper describes hospital-associated spread of vaccinia virus infection, supplies data on the environmental survival of vaccinia virus and offers recommendations for the management of patients with vaccinia that may minimize the hazard of infection in other high-risk patients.

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