Cowpox virus infection in two brothers with possible human-to-human transmission.

J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol

Departments of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology and Immunology, Dessau Medical Center, Brandenburg Medical School Theodore Fontane, Dessau, Germany.

Published: January 2019

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