TY - JOUR AU - Hughes, Christine M. AU - Blythe, David AU - Li, Yu AU - Reddy, Ramani AU - Jordan, Carol AU - Edwards, Cindy AU - Adams, Celia AU - Conners, Holly AU - Rasa, Catherine AU - Wilby, Sue AU - Russell, Jamaal AU - Russo, Kelly S. AU - Somsel, Patricia AU - Wiedbrauk, Danny L. AU - Dougherty, Cindy AU - Allen, Christopher AU - Frace, Mike AU - Emerson, Ginny AU - Olson, Victoria A. AU - Smith, Scott K. AU - Braden, Zachary AU - Abel, Jason AU - Davidson, Whitni AU - Reynolds, Mary AU - Damon, Inger K. T1 - Vaccinia Virus Infections in Martial Arts Gym, Maryland, USA, 2008 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 4 SP - 730 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Vaccinia virus is an orthopoxvirus used in the live vaccine against smallpox. Vaccinia virus infections can be transmissible and can cause severe complications in those with weakened immune systems. We report on a cluster of 4 cases of vaccinia virus infection in Maryland, USA, likely acquired at a martial arts gym. KW - Vaccinia KW - smallpox vaccine KW - martial arts KW - sports KW - viruses KW - Maryland KW - dispatch KW - USA KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1704.101010 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/4/10-1010_article ER - End of Reference