| buffalopox outbreak in humans and animals in western maharashtra, india. | an outbreak of febrile illness with rash was reported in humans and buffaloes with pox lesions in some villages of solapur and kolhapur districts of maharashtra state, india. detailed clinico-epidemiological investigations were done with collection of blood, vesicular fluid and scab from humans and animals. a total of 166 suspected human cases from kasegaon village in solapur district and 185 cases were reported from 21 different villages from kolhapur district. the attack rate in humans in kase ... | 2011 | 21511350 |
| emerging and re-emerging zoonotic buffalopox infection: a severe outbreak in kolhapur (maharashtra), india. | buffalopox is an emerging and re-emerging zoonotic viral infection. the authors investigated an extensive zoonotic outbreak of buffalopox involving many human cases. high morbidity and significant productivity losses were recorded among domestic buffalo in kolhapur (maharashtra), india, between february and march 2009. the outbreak involved a total of 4000 buffalo from 21 villages in which over 10 000 buffalo were herded. the outbreak also involved 125 humans who were mostly animal handlers and ... | 2010 | 21120799 |
| virological investigations of specimens from buffaloes affected by buffalopox in maharashtra state, india between 1985 and 1987. | isolates of poxviruses were made from thirteen of eighteen specimens of scabs taken from pox lesions on buffaloes in five different districts of maharashtra state, india, between december, 1985 and february, 1987. the biological characters of twelve of the isolates resembled those of the hissar strain of buffalopox virus; the thirteenth isolate appeared to be vaccinia. the hin diii restriction profiles of dna from all 13 isolates and from the hissar strain were typical of those given by vaccinia ... | 1993 | 8094611 |