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Parapoxvirus Infections Caused by Contact With Deer
By Todd Neale, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: December 30, 2010
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Earn CME/CE credit
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* Note that this study describes the clinical manifestations of infection with a unique strain of parapoxvirus -- part of the double-stranded DNA family of poxviruses that infects ruminants -- following direct contact with infected deer.
In 2009, the CDC confirmed infections with parapoxvirus in two deer hunters in the eastern U.S., according to a brief report.
As is typical of human parapoxvirus infection, lesions and eventually nodules developed slowly on both individuals' fingers where they had nicked themselves while field-dressing deer that appeared healthy at the time of death, Inger Damon, MD, PhD, of the CDC, and colleagues reported in the Dec. 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Such infections may become more common as deer populations continue to increase, putting them in greater contact with both humans and cattle, according to the researchers...
Parapoxvirus Infections Caused by Contact With Deer
By Todd Neale, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: December 30, 2010
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Earn CME/CE credit
for reading medical news
Action Points
* Note that this study describes the clinical manifestations of infection with a unique strain of parapoxvirus -- part of the double-stranded DNA family of poxviruses that infects ruminants -- following direct contact with infected deer.
In 2009, the CDC confirmed infections with parapoxvirus in two deer hunters in the eastern U.S., according to a brief report.
As is typical of human parapoxvirus infection, lesions and eventually nodules developed slowly on both individuals' fingers where they had nicked themselves while field-dressing deer that appeared healthy at the time of death, Inger Damon, MD, PhD, of the CDC, and colleagues reported in the Dec. 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Such infections may become more common as deer populations continue to increase, putting them in greater contact with both humans and cattle, according to the researchers...
