TY - JOUR AU - Franco-Luiz, Ana Paula Moreira AU - Oliveira, Danilo Bretas AU - Pereira, Alexandre Fagundes AU - Gasparini, Mirela Cristina Soares AU - Bonjardim, Cláudio Antônio AU - Ferreira, Paulo César Peregrino AU - Trindade, Giliane de Souza AU - Puentes, Rodrigo AU - Furtado, Agustin AU - Abrahão, Jônatas Santos AU - Lima, Maurício Teixeira T1 - Detection of Vaccinia Virus in Dairy Cattle Serum Samples from 2009, Uruguay T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 12 SP - 2174 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We detected orthopoxvirus in 28 of 125 serum samples collected during 2009 from cattle in Uruguay. Two samples were PCR-positive for vaccinia virus and had sequences similar to those for vaccinia virus associated with outbreaks in Brazil. Autochthonous circulation of vaccinia virus in Uruguay and other South American countries cannot be ruled out. KW - vaccinia virus KW - orthopoxvirus KW - bovine KW - dairy cattle KW - poxvirus KW - Uruguay KW - zoonoses KW - buffalopox virus KW - South America KW - cattle KW - bovine vaccinia KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2212.160447 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/12/16-0447_article ER - End of Reference