| laboratory-acquired vaccinia virus infection--virginia, 2008. | vaccinia virus (vacv) is the live viral component of smallpox vaccine. inadvertent exposure to vacv can result in infection, and severe complications can occur in persons with underlying risk factors (e.g., pregnancy, immunodeficiencies, or dermatologic conditions). the advisory committee on immunization practices (acip) recommends smallpox vaccination for laboratory workers who handle nonhighly attenuated vacv strains or other orthopoxviruses (e.g., monkeypox, cowpox, or variola). on july 8, 20 ... | 2009 | 19644439 |
| phylogenetic analysis of avian poxviruses among free-ranging birds of virginia. | polymerase chain reaction was used to amplify a portion of the avian poxvirus core 4b gene of infected free-ranging birds that presented at the wildlife center of virginia during the 2003 and early 2004 years. the species of bird infected were a great blue heron (ardea herodias), two american crows (corvus brachyrhyncos), two american robins (turdus migratorius), two mourning doves (zenaida macroura), a red-tailed hawk (buteo jamaicensis), a blue-gray gnatcatcher (polioptila caerulea), a norther ... | 2005 | 16405007 |