| vaccinia virus infection after sexual contact with a military smallpox vaccinee -washington, 2010. | on march 1, 2010, the washington state department of health (wadoh) notified public health - seattle & king county (phskc) of a suspected case of contact transmission of vaccinia virus from sexual contact with a member of the military who had been vaccinated against smallpox. vaccinia virus infection after sexual contact has been reported previously (1-4). despite the patient's exposure history and clinical presentation, the diagnosis initially was not considered by the patient's physician, who ... | 2010 | 20592687 |