Tanapox: first report in a European traveller and identification by PCR

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Mar-Apr;96(2):178-9. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90295-6.

Abstract

Tanapox is a rare pox disease endemic in East Africa. We report the first case of tanapox in a European traveller who contracted the disease in 1999 during a short visit to Tanzania. The diagnosis was made on clinical grounds and confirmed by electron microscopy and a tanapox virus-specific PCR assay.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Europe
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Poxviridae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Skin Diseases, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Travel
  • Tumor Virus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Yatapoxvirus*