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Volume 27, Number 10—October 2021
Research

Fatal Cowpox Virus Infection in Human Fetus, France, 2017

Audrey Ferrier1, Gaelle Frenois-Veyrat1, Evelyne Schvoerer, Sandrine Henard, Fanny Jarjaval, Isabelle Drouet, Hawa Timera, Laetitia Boutin, Estelle Mosca, Christophe Peyrefitte, and Olivier FerrarisComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France (A. Ferrier, G. Frenois-Veyrat, F. Jarjaval, I. Drouet, H. Timera, L. Boutin, E. Mosca, C. Peyrefitte, O. Ferraris); Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Nancy, France (E. Schvoerer, S. Henard)

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Quantification of genomic or infectious CPXV in samples and CPXV-specific IgG detection in serum of mother and fetus, France, 2017*

Samples Jul 19, 29 dpi
 Jul 21, 31 dpi
 Aug 3, 44 dpi
 Aug 30, 71 dpi
Cutaneous biopsy Plasma Cutaneous biopsy Fetus Placenta Vaginal swab Plasma Vaginal swab Plasma
DNA, copies/μL 2.4×104 26.6 8.6 × 106 1.6 × 106 1.4 × 106 2.0 × 104 – 27 –
Infectious virus, TCID50/mL NT – 1.86 × 107 2.32 × 107 9.74 × 107 1.95 × 108 – – –
CPXV-specific IgG NA ++ NA NA NA NA ++ NA +++

*CPXV DNA was quantified by quantitative PCR. Infectious virus was titered on Vero cells. CPXV-specific IgG was detected by ELISA. The patient had domestic rabbits, cats and dogs at home. Given the probability of contamination of the animals, PCR was performed on claws and plasmas samples from the animals; all results were negative. CPXV, cowpox virus; dpi, days postinfection; NA, not applicable; NT, not tested; TCID50, 50% tissue culture infectious dose; ++, medium level; +++, high level.

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1These authors are co–first authors.

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