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Novel poxvirus in big brown bats, northwestern United States
Ginny L Emerson1, Robert Nordhausen, Michael M Garner
1Poxvirus Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Mailstop G06, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. gemerson@cdc.gov
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|June 6, 2013
Abstract:
A wildlife hospital and rehabilitation center in northwestern United States received several big brown bats with necrosuppurative osteomyelitis in multiple joints. Wing and joint tissues were positive by PCR for poxvirus. Thin-section electron microscopy showed poxvirus particles within A-type inclusions. Phylogenetic comparison supports establishment of a new genus of Poxviridae.
