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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 1

Orthopoxvirus antibodies in sera of the patient and her petsa

Characteristic Titer
IgM IgG IgG avidity (%)
Patient day 7
 1280
 2560
 1.5
Patient day 14
 640
 2560
 3.1
Patient day 60
 10
 640
 25
Old-immunity controls (>50 y)
 <10
 80–640
 50–100
Negative controls
 <10
 <10
 —
Dog A
 —
 <20
 —
Dog B
 —
 320
 50
Dog C
 —
 20
 50
Horse
 —
 <20
 —
Rabbit — <20 —

aIG, immunoglobulin.

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