Brief report: Tanapox infection in a college student
Brief report: Tanapox infection in a college student
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DOI：
10.1056/nejmoa031467
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发表时间：
2004-01-22
影响因子：
158.5
通讯作者：
Klaus, SN
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作者：
Dhar, AD;Werchniak, AE;Klaus, SN
一名来自新罕布什尔州的21岁学生在刚果共和国照顾黑猩猩期间出现发热症状，随后出现了两个2厘米长的柔软结节。利用电镜和组织样品的聚合酶链反应分析，建立了tanapox的诊断。痘病毒感染是赤道非洲的地方病，在北美很少被诊断出来。必须将其与天花、猴痘和其他几种代表重大公共卫生问题的感染区分开来。
A 21-year-old student from New Hampshire presented with two tender, 2-cm nodules that developed after she became febrile during a stay in the Republic of Congo, where she had cared for chimpanzees. The diagnosis of tanapox was established with the use of electron microscopy and polymerase-chain-reaction analysis of tissue samples. The poxvirus infection is endemic to equatorial Africa and has been diagnosed in North America only rarely. It must be distinguished from smallpox, monkeypox, and several other infections that represent major public health problems.