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Parapoxviruses of seals and sea lions make up a distinct subclade within the genus Parapoxvirus.
Virology - 5 Jun 2006
Nollens Hendrik H, Gulland Frances M D, Jacobson Elliott R, Hernandez Jorge A, Klein Paul A, Walsh Michael T, Condit Richard C
Abstract excerpt
Poxviruses of seals and sea lions have been tentatively identified as both orthopoxviruses and parapoxviruses, but their exact identity remained unconfirmed. Here, poxviral DNA sequences were generated from 39 clinical cases and compared to sequences from earlier poxvirus isolates from seals (Pho...
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