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Volume 25, Number 12—December 2019

CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Possibly Associated with Emerging Zoonotic Vaccinia Virus in a Farming Community, Colombia

Ashley StyczynskiComments to Author , Jillybeth Burgado, Diana Walteros, José Usme-Ciro, Katherine Laiton, Alejandra Pinilla Farias, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Christina Chapman, Whitni Davidson, Matthew Mauldin, Clint Morgan, Juan Martínez-Cerón, Edilson Patiña, Leidy Laura López Sepúlveda, Claudia Patricia Torres, Anyely Eliana Cruz Suarez, Gina Paez Olaya, Carlos Elkin Riveros, Diana Yaneth Cepeda, Leydi Acosta Lopez, Daniela Gomez Espinosa, Faiber Antonio Gutierrez Lozada, Yu Li, P.S. Satheshkumar, Mary Reynolds, Martha Gracia-Romero, and Brett Petersen
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA (A. Styczynski, J. Burgado, Y. Nakazawa, C. Chapman, W. Davidson, M. Mauldin, C. Morgan, Y. Li, P.S. Satheshkumar, M. Reynolds, B. Petersen); Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia (D. Walteros, J. Usme-Ciro, K. Laiton, A.P. Farias, M. Gracia-Romero); Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Santa Marta, Colombia (J. Usme-Ciro); Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia (J. Martínez-Cerón, E. Patiña, L.L. López Sepúlveda); Secretaria de Salud de Cundinamarca, Bogotá (C.P. Torres, A.E. Cruz Suarez, G.P. Olaya, C.E. Riveros); Hospital Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Medina, Medina, Colombia (D.Y. Cepeda); Vigilancia en Salud Publica, Bogotá (L.A. Lopez); Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá (D.G. Espinosa); Secretaria de Salud de Caquetá, Florencia, Columbia (F.A. Gutierrez Lozada)

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Table 3

Multivariate analysis of OPXV IgM or IgG seropositivity among farmworkers and household members from 56 farms in Cundinamarca Department, Colombia, August–September 2016*

Farm-level risk factors
Animals with vaccinia-like lesions 5.71 (0.90–36.19) 0.06
Commercial feed 0.16 (0.03–0.83) 0.03
Cattle fed after milking 0.19 (0.03–1.15) 0.07

*OPXV, orthopoxvirus; OR, odds ratio.

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