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Volume 11, Number 12—December 2005
Dispatch

Passatempo Virus, a Vaccinia Virus Strain, Brazil

Juliana A. Leite*, Betânia P. Drumond*, Giliane S. Trindade*, Zélia I.P. Lobato*, Flávio G. da Fonseca†, João R. dos Santos*, Marieta C. Madureira‡, Maria I.M.C. Guedes*, Jaqueline M.S. Ferreira*, Cláudio A. Bonjardim, Paulo C.P. Ferreira*, and Erna G. Kroon*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; †Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou–Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; ‡Instituto Mineiro de Agropecuária, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Brazilian states where vaccinia viruses were isolated. ES, Espírito Santo State: Espírito Santo isolates in 2004 (unpublished); GO, Goiás State: Goiás isolates after 2001 (3); MG, Minas Gerais State: Belo Horizonte virus in 1993 (15), Minas Gerais isolates after 2001 (3), Passatempo virus in 2003; PA, Pará State: BeAn 58058 virus in 1963 (6); RJ, Rio de Janeiro State: Cantagalo virus in 1999 (2); SP , São Paulo State: SPAn232 virus in 1979 (14), Araçatuba virus in 1999 (1), São Paulo isolates af

Figure 3. Brazilian states where vaccinia viruses were isolated. ES, Espírito Santo State: Espírito Santo isolates in 2004 (unpublished); GO, Goiás State: Goiás isolates after 2001 (3); MG, Minas Gerais State: Belo Horizonte virus in 1993 (15), Minas Gerais isolates after 2001 (3), Passatempo virus in 2003; PA, Pará State: BeAn 58058 virus in 1963 (6); RJ, Rio de Janeiro State: Cantagalo virus in 1999 (2); SP , São Paulo State: SPAn232 virus in 1979 (14), Araçatuba virus in 1999 (1), São Paulo isolates after 2001 (3).

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