Affiliation:
1. Wadsworth Center
2. Division of Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York
Abstract
ABSTRACT
A laboratory-confirmed, inadvertent transmission of vaccinia virus from an unusual source highlights the importance of epidemiologic tracing, proper biosafety practices in the clinical diagnostic laboratories, and educating clinicians and laboratorians to potential bioterrorism-initiated outbreaks as well as look-alike disease discrimination.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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