Novel Poxvirus in Big Brown Bats, Northwestern United States

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Emerson, Ginny L. ; Nordhausen, Robert ; Garner, Michael M. ; Huckabee, John R. ; Johnson, Steven ; Wohrle, Ron D. ; Davidson, Whitni B. ; Wilkins, Kimberly ; Li, Yu ; Doty, Jeffrey B. ; Gallardo-Romero, Nadia F. ; Metcalfe, Maureen G. ; Karem, Kevin L. ; Damon, Inger K. ; Carroll, Darin S.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Animals Chiroptera Dispatch Expedited Genome, Viral Male Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny Poxviridae
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 19(6):1002-1004.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cf6326ef6cd35db2c5ae325f052020e120b2c7198ec03ef6f52cce04813061cf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19037/cdc_19037_DS1.pdf
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