Editing Cowpox (section)

==Prevention==
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Today, the virus is found in Europe, mainly in the UK. Human cases are very rare (though in 2010 a laboratory worker contracted cowpox<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McCollum |first1=Andrea M. |last2=Austin |first2=Connie |last3=Nawrocki |first3=John |last4=Howland |first4=Julia |last5=Pryde |first5=Julie |last6=Vaid |first6=Awais |last7=Holmes |first7=David |last8=Weil |first8=M. Ryan |last9=Li |first9=Yu |last10=Wilkins |first10=Kimberly |last11=Zhao |first11=Hui |last12=Smith |first12=Scott K. |last13=Karem |first13=Kevin |last14=Reynolds |first14=Mary G. |last15=Damon |first15=Inger K. |title=Investigation of the First Laboratory-Acquired Human Cowpox Virus Infection in the United States |journal=The Journal of Infectious Diseases |date=July 2012 |volume=206 |issue=1 |pages=63–68 |doi=10.1093/infdis/jis302 |pmid=22539811 |pmc=11905985 }} {{lay source |template=cite press release |last1=Roos |first1=Robert |title=Cowpox infection in US lab worker called a first |url=https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/smallpox/cowpox-infection-us-lab-worker-called-first |work=Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy |date=27 April 2012 }}</ref>) and most often [[Feline zoonosis|contracted from domestic cats]]. Human infections usually remain localized and self-limiting, but can become fatal in [[immunosuppressed]] patients. The virus is not commonly found in cattle; the reservoir hosts for the virus are woodland rodents, particularly voles.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kurth A, Wibbelt G, Gerber HP, Petschaelis A, Pauli G, Nitsche A | title = Rat-to-elephant-to-human transmission of cowpox virus | journal = Emerging Infectious Diseases | volume = 14 | issue = 4 | pages = 670–671 | date = April 2008 | pmid = 18394293 | pmc = 2570944 | doi = 10.3201/eid1404.070817 }}</ref> Domestic cats contract the virus from these rodents. Symptoms in cats include lesions on the face, neck, forelimbs, and paws, and, less commonly, upper respiratory tract infections. Symptoms of infection with cowpox virus in humans are localized, pustular lesions generally found on the hands and limited to the site of introduction. The incubation period is nine to ten days. The virus is most prevalent in late summer and autumn.

Immunity to cowpox is gained when the smallpox vaccine is administered. Although the vaccine now uses vaccinia virus, the poxviruses are similar enough that the body becomes immune to both cow- and smallpox.
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===Science of cowpox===
Cowpox originates on the udders or teats of cows. It is classified as a zoonotic disease, which means it can be transferred from animals to humans and vice versa. Cowpox is an infectious disease. Cowpox symptoms are similar in whichever host they infect: cow, cat, human. Cowpox symptoms include round, pus filled lesions on the skin at the site of infection. In most cases of humans, the lesions develop on the inner and outer parts of the hand and fingers. In some cases, the infected person can develop a mild fever or inflammation around the lesions. Cowpox can be transferred from human to human by contact of the infected site to another individual. It is very similar in pathology and structure in contrast to small pox. However, cowpox has increased activity in between the ectoderm and endoderm layers of the human skin. Cowpox includes both A type bodies and B type inclusion bodies which largely impacts the pathology of the disease.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://virus.stanford.edu/pox/2000/cowpox_virus.html|title=Cowpox Virus }}</ref>
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