Zoonotic vaccinia in colombia: Cumulative evidence of the emergence of poxviruses in the world
DOI
https://doi.org/10.15446/rsap.v20n6.67962
Document Type
Review
Publication Date
11-1-2018
Publication Title
Revista de Salud Publica
Abstract
The recent occurrence of vaccinia virus infections in humans and animals in Colombia, together with that reported for this and other species of the genus Orthopoxvirus in some South American, African, Asian and European countries, is supporting evidence of the emergence and re-emergence of the genus. This fact has become of great interest for public health around the world due to its biological and an epidemiological features, as was in the past the variola virus, one of its representatives. The emergence and re-emergence of the genus Orthopoxvirus may be a consequence of stopping vaccination against the variola virus in the 1970s and 1980s. This vaccination unsuspectedly induced cross-protective immunity to other species of that genus. This is a review of the history, biology and epidemiology of the main species of the genus Orthopoxvirus, together with its clinical presentation, social context and public health impact in the past, present and future.
Volume
20
Issue
6
First Page
785
Last Page
790
ISSN
01240064
Recommended Citation
Páez-Martínez, Andrés; Laiton-Donato, Katherine; and Usme-Ciro, José A., "Zoonotic vaccinia in colombia: Cumulative evidence of the emergence of poxviruses in the world" (2018). Scopus Unisalle. 221.
https://ciencia.lasalle.edu.co/scopus_unisalle/221
PubMed ID
33206905
Identifier
SCOPUS_ID:85073393487