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Volume 9, Number 6, June 2003

Accidental Infection of Laboratory Worker with Vaccinia

Nissin Moussatché,* Mari Tuyama,† Sayuri E.M. Kato,* Ana Paula V. Castro,* Brian Njaine,* Regina H. Peralta,‡ José M. Peralta,‡ Clarissa R.A. Damaso,* and Paulo F. Barroso†
*Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil;†Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and ‡Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 
 
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Figure 1. Progression of the local reaction on the left hand after accidental needlestick inoculation with vaccinia virus: thumb (A, day 4; B, day 11; C, day 12; D, day 20; fourth and fifth fingers (E, day 7, F, day 11; G, day 12; H, day 20). Lesions were surgically excised to remove necrotic tissue on day 11. Arrows indicate the lesion areas.

 

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