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Volume 9, Number 11—November 2003
Dispatch

Cowpox with Severe Generalized Eruption, Finland

Paula M. Pelkonen*†Comments to Author , Kyllikki Tarvainen‡, Arja Hynninen‡, Eva R.K. Kallio§, Heikki Henttonen§, Airi Palva*, Antti Vaheri†¶, and Olli Vapalahti†¶
Author affiliations: *Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki, Finland; †Haartman Institute, Helsinki, Finland; ‡Central Hospital of North Karelia, Joensuu, Finland; §Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa, Finland; ¶HUCH Laboratory Diagnostics, Helsinki, Finland

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Table 2

Orthopoxvirus antibodies in cat, horse, and wild rodent panels, Finland

Panel n Positive Prevalence (%)
Cats
 77
 3
 3.9
Horses
 127
 2
 1.6
Wild rodents
Southern Finland: Evo
 36
 33
 91.7
Eastern Finland: Värtsilä
 36
 1
 2.8
Western and central Finland:
Several localities
 436
 0
 0
Lapland: several localities
 394
 7
 1.8 (0.4–15.2)
Wild rodents altogether 902 41 4.5

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