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. 2013 Feb 28;3(1):142–157. doi: 10.3390/ani3010142

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?
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™).