Outbreak of human buffalopox infection

An outbreak of febrile illness with vesicular lesions on hands and forearms of six persons was investigated. There was simultaneous outbreak of similar illness in buffaloes that were milked by these persons. Buffaloes had lesions on many parts of body including udder and teats. Manual milking withou...

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Published in:Journal of global infectious diseases 2011-04, Vol.3 (2), p.187-188
Main Authors: Damle, Ajit S, Gaikwad, Anil A, Patwardhan, Neeta S, Duthade, Mangal M, Sheikh, Nazneen S, Deshmukh, Durgesh G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Buffalo-pox
Care and treatment
Clinical Epidemiology
Control
Disease transmission
Farmworkers
Genetic aspects
Gloves
Human infection
Infectious skin diseases
Lesions
Medical research
Outbreaks
Polymerase chain reaction
Risk factors
Zoonosis
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Summary:An outbreak of febrile illness with vesicular lesions on hands and forearms of six persons was investigated. There was simultaneous outbreak of similar illness in buffaloes that were milked by these persons. Buffaloes had lesions on many parts of body including udder and teats. Manual milking without gloves exposed the persons to the infection. Investigations proved that both the outbreaks were due to buffalopox virus infection. Improved dairy practices like wearing gloves while milking might help in prevention of spread of infection to other animals and humans.
ISSN:0974-777X
0974-8245
DOI:10.4103/0974-777X.81698