| one more piece in the vacv ecological puzzle: could peridomestic rodents be the link between wildlife and bovine vaccinia outbreaks in brazil? | despite the fact that smallpox eradication was declared by the world health organization (who) in 1980, other poxviruses have emerged and re-emerged, with significant public health and economic impacts. vaccinia virus (vacv), a poxvirus used during the who smallpox vaccination campaign, has been involved in zoonotic infections in brazilian rural areas (bovine vaccinia outbreaks - bv), affecting dairy cattle and milkers. little is known about vacv's natural hosts and its epidemiological and ecolo ... | 2009 | 19838293 |