Berlin Squirrelpox Virus, a New Poxvirus in Red Squirrels, Berlin, Germany

Near Berlin, Germany, several juvenile red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) were found with moist, crusty skin lesions. Histology, electron microscopy, and cell culture isolation revealed an orthopoxvirus-like infection. Subsequent PCR and genome analysis identified a new poxvirus (Berlin squirrelpox vi...

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Autores principales: Wibbelt, Gudrun, Tausch, Simon H., Dabrowski, Piotr W., Kershaw, Olivia, Nitsche, Andreas, Schrick, Livia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5621524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28930029
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2310.171008
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Sumario:Near Berlin, Germany, several juvenile red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) were found with moist, crusty skin lesions. Histology, electron microscopy, and cell culture isolation revealed an orthopoxvirus-like infection. Subsequent PCR and genome analysis identified a new poxvirus (Berlin squirrelpox virus) that could not be assigned to any known poxvirus genera.

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