TY - JOUR AU - Ninove, Laetitia AU - Domart, Yves AU - Vervel, Christine AU - Voinot, Chrystel AU - Salez, Nicolas AU - Raoult, Didier AU - Meyer, Hermann AU - Capek, Isabelle AU - Zandotti, Christine AU - Charrel, Remi N. T1 - Cowpox Virus Transmission from Pet Rats to Humans, France T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 5 SP - 781 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In early 2009, four human cases of cowpox virus cutaneous infection in northern France, resulting from direct contact with infected pet rats (Rattus norvegicus), were studied. Pet rats, originating from the same pet store, were shown to be infected by a unique virus strain. Infection was then transmitted to humans who purchased or had contact with pet rats. KW - Zoonoses KW - viruses KW - cowpox KW - outbreak KW - pet rats KW - orthopoxvirus KW - humans KW - France KW - expedited KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1505.090235 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/5/09-0235_article ER - End of Reference