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Volume 26, Number 3—March 2020
Dispatch

Progressive Vaccinia Acquired through Zoonotic Transmission in a Patient with HIV/AIDS, Colombia

Katherine Laiton-Donato1Comments to Author , Paola Ávila-Robayo1, Andrés Páez-Martinez, Paula Benjumea-Nieto, José A. Usme-Ciro, Nicole Pinzón-Nariño, Ivan Giraldo, Diego Torres-Castellanos, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Nishi Patel, Kimberly Wilkins, Yu Li, Whitni Davidson, Jillybeth Burgado, Panayampalli Subbian Satheshkumar, Ashley Styczynski, Matthew R. Mauldin, Martha Gracia-Romero, and Brett W. Petersen
Author affiliations: Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia (K. Laiton-Donato, J.A. Usme-Ciro, M. Gracia-Romero); Hospital Universitario Mayor Méderi-Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá (P. Ávila-Robayo, P. Benjumea-Nieto, N. Pinzón-Nariño, I. Giraldo, D. Torres-Castellanos); Universidad de La Salle, Bogotá (A. Páez-Martínez); Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Santa Marta, Colombia (J.A. Usme-Ciro); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Y. Nakazawa, N. Patel, K. Wilkins, Y. Li, W. Davidson, J. Burgado, P.S. Satheshkumar, A. Styczynski, M.R. Mauldin, B.W. Petersen)

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Figure 1

Clinical progression of vaccinia virus infection in a patient with HIV/AIDS, Columbia. A) On December 9, 2014, the patient was referred to the Hospital Universitario Mayor Méderi because of a suppurative ulcer with sharply raised, defined edges on his right hand. B, C) In March 2015, lesions increased in size and disseminated over his face and extremities. D) In July 2015, most lesions completely healed, with mild scarring and depigmentation.

Figure 1. Clinical progression of vaccinia virus infection in a patient with HIV/AIDS, Colombia. A) On December 9, 2014, the patient was referred to the Hospital Universitario Mayor Méderi because of a suppurative ulcer with sharply raised, defined edges on his right hand. B, C) In March 2015, lesions increased in size and disseminated over his face and extremities. D) In July 2015, most lesions completely healed, with mild scarring and depigmentation.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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