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Berlin Squirrelpox Virus, a New Poxvirus in Red Squirrels, Berlin, Germany (2017)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Wibbelt, Gudrun

Tausch, Simon H

Dabrowski, Piotr W

Kershaw, Olivia (WE 12)

Nitsche, Andreas

Schrick, Livia

Quelle

Emerging infectious diseases

Bandzählung: 23

Heftzählung: 10

Seiten: 1726 – 1729

ISSN: 1080-6040

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

DOI: 10.3201/eid2310.171008

Pubmed: 28930029

Kontakt

Institut für Tierpathologie

Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 15
14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 62450
pathologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

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.