Table 1.
Summary of four cases of human parapoxvirus infection reported to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by Missouri Department of Health and Human Services, February–May 2006.
Case | Sex | Age | Animal source | Animal overtly ill? | Risk factor/ animal contact | Virus identified | Closed operation? * | Used orf vaccine? | Glove use? |
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1 | F | 34 | dairy calf; | yes | tube feeding | pseudocowpox virus | no | n/a † | no |
family farm | |||||||||
2 ‡ | M | 41 | sheep; | yes | bottle feeding | orf virus § | yes | no | no |
family farm | |||||||||
3 ‡ | M | 10 | sheep; | yes | bottle feeding | orf virus § | yes | no | no |
family farm | |||||||||
4 | F | 18 | sheep; | no | shearing | orf virus | yes | no | no |
family farm |
* closed operation: no new animals brought onto the operation in the previous year; † not applicable; ‡ father and son; § virus cultured in OAT3 cells (ATCC CRL-6546™).