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Berlin Squirrelpox Virus, a New Poxvirus in Red Squirrels, Berlin, Germany
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|September 21, 2017
Abstract:
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.
Keywords:
BerlinBerlin squirrelpox virusGermanySciuridaeSciurus vulgarisdermatitispoxvirusred squirrelsskin diseasesquirrelsquirrelpoxviruses
