A British teenager has been infected with the incredibly rare virus, can found in the 18th Century

News24xx.com -  Tragic, a British teenager has been infected with the incredibly rare cowpox virus, a virus so unusual that many doctors have never even come across it before in their careers.

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The 15-year-old boy broke out in red lesions on his hands, feet and arms after feeding calves on his family farm. 

Known, the disease more often seen in the Renaissance which caused by a virus which was more common in the 18th Century. 

The teenager from the Wrexham-Cheshire border, show excruciating pus-filled lumps on his body.

The teenager was sent straight to the Countess of Chester Hospital and diagnosed with cowpox after seeing his GP.

Public Health Wales say the last reported human case in Wales about cowpox virus was 10 to 15 years ago. 

The boy’s mum, who says her son does not want to be named, said, "We were really unsure what it was. The one on his ankle was worrying – it was weeping a clear liquid down his ankle."

Dr Aysha Javed, who diagnosed the teenager, said it was the first case of cowpox she had ever seen. Cowpox was often caught by milking maids in the 18th Century, and the virus, which is not contagious from person to person, but it has almost disappeared because so few people milk cows by hand today.

Dr Javed said, "I think the boy and his family were quite bemused when we told them about rare cowpox virus. I think it was very itchy for him but it wasn’t particularly painful."

The boy’s mother said the calves he had been feeding had nibbled on his hands about three months ago. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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