Infection with Possible Novel Parapoxvirus in Horse, Finland, 2013

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Airas, Niina ; Hautaniemi, Maria ; Syrjä, Pernilla ; Knuuttila, Anna ; Putkuri, Niina ; Coulter, Lesley ; McInnes, Colin J. ; Vapalahti, Olli ; Huovilainen, Anita ; Kinnunen, Paula M.
• Description:
  A horse in Finland exhibited generalized granulomatous inflammation and severe proliferative dermatitis. After euthanization, we detected poxvirus DNA from a skin lesion sample. The virus sequence grouped with parapoxviruses, closely resembling a novel poxvirus detected in humans in the United States after horse contact. Our findings indicate horses may be a reservoir for zoonotic parapoxvirus.
• Subjects:
  Animals Dispatch Horse Diseases Horses Male Parapoxvirus Phylogeny Poxviridae Infections Zoonoses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(7):1242-1245.
• Pubmed ID:
  27315302
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4918186
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Finland
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:52c7b989ba14be6ab73b9e8846203196b55512b597f57f182e26321128e83778
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/40176/cdc_40176_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.65 MB ]