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- Title
Bovine Vaccinia: Insights into the Disease in Cattle.
- Authors
Matos, Ana Carolina Diniz; Rehfeld, Izabelle Silva; Guedes, Maria Isabel Maldonado Coelho; Lobato, Zélia Inês Portela
- Abstract
Bovine vaccinia (BV), caused by Vaccinia virus (VACV), is a zoonosis characterized by exanthematous lesions in the teats of dairy cows and the hands of milkers and is an important public health issue. Severe VACV-induced lesions in the teats and udder of cows and buffaloes could lead to mastitis and other secondary infections, thereby reducing productivity and resulting in economic losses to the dairy industry. In Brazil, BV re-emerged in the late 1990s and is now endemic in most of the Brazilian territory. In the last 15 years, much effort has been made to know more about this disease and its epidemiology, etiologic agents, and interactions with the host and the environment. In this review, we describe the known dynamics of VACV infection in cattle and the viral shedding routes, as well as the relevance of BV for animal and public health.
- Subjects
ZOONOSES; VACCINIA; CATTLE diseases epidemiology; IMMUNOLOGICAL tolerance; PUBLIC health
- Publication
Viruses (1999-4915), 2018, Vol 10, Issue 3, p120
- ISSN
1999-4915
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/v10030120