Sealpox virus | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Varidnaviria |
Kingdom: | Bamfordvirae |
Phylum: | Nucleocytoviricota |
Class: | Pokkesviricetes |
Order: | Chitovirales |
Family: | Poxviridae |
Genus: | Parapoxvirus |
Species: | |
Virus: | Sealpox virus
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Sealpox | |
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Specialty | Dermatology |
Sealpox is a cutaneous (skin) condition caused by a Parapoxvirus, usually affecting seal handlers who have been bitten by infected harbor or grey seals. [1]: 394 First identified in 1969, [2] it wasn't unequivocally proven to be transmissible to humans until 2005, [3] though such transmission had been reported at least as early as 1987. [4] It causes lesions that closely resemble those caused by orf. [3] As many as 2% of seals in marine mammal rehabilitation facilities in North America may have it. [5]
Abstract: An epizootic of cutaneous nodules occurred in three species of pinnipeds at the California Marine Mammal Center during the summer of 1986.
Sealpox virus | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Varidnaviria |
Kingdom: | Bamfordvirae |
Phylum: | Nucleocytoviricota |
Class: | Pokkesviricetes |
Order: | Chitovirales |
Family: | Poxviridae |
Genus: | Parapoxvirus |
Species: | |
Virus: | Sealpox virus
|
Sealpox | |
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Specialty | Dermatology |
Sealpox is a cutaneous (skin) condition caused by a Parapoxvirus, usually affecting seal handlers who have been bitten by infected harbor or grey seals. [1]: 394 First identified in 1969, [2] it wasn't unequivocally proven to be transmissible to humans until 2005, [3] though such transmission had been reported at least as early as 1987. [4] It causes lesions that closely resemble those caused by orf. [3] As many as 2% of seals in marine mammal rehabilitation facilities in North America may have it. [5]
Abstract: An epizootic of cutaneous nodules occurred in three species of pinnipeds at the California Marine Mammal Center during the summer of 1986.