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Molecular Detection and Characterization of the First Cowpox Virus Isolate Derived from a Bank Vole.
Viruses - 18 Nov 2019
Jeske Kathrin, Weber Saskia, Pfaff Florian, Imholt Christian, Jacob Jens, Beer Martin, Ulrich Rainer G, Hoffmann Donata
Abstract excerpt
Cowpox virus (CPXV) is a zoonotic orthopoxvirus (OPV) that infects a wide range of mammals. CPXV-specific DNA and antibodies were detected in different vole species, such as common voles (Microtus arvalis) and bank voles (Myodes glareolus). Therefore, voles are the putative main reservoir host of CPXV. However, CPXV was up to now only isolated from common voles. Here we report the detection and isolation of a...
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