Epidemiological Investigations of Four Cowpox Virus Outbreaks in Alpaca Herds, Germany

Epidemiological Investigations of Four Cowpox Virus Outbreaks in Alpaca Herds, Germany

Four cowpox virus (CPXV) outbreaks occurred in unrelated alpaca herds in Eastern Germany during 2012–2017. All incidents were initially noticed due to severe, generalized, and finally lethal CPXV infections, which were confirmed by testing of tissue and serum samples. As CPXV-infection has been desc...

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Main Authors: Almut Prkno, Donata Hoffmann, Daniela Goerigk, Matthias Kaiser, Anne Catherine Franscisca van Maanen, Kathrin Jeske, Maria Jenckel, Florian Pfaff, Thomas W. Vahlenkamp, Martin Beer, Rainer G. Ulrich, Alexander Starke, Martin Pfeffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-11-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
cowpox virus
Orthopoxvirus
South American camelids
common vole (Microtus arvalis)
reservoir host
spill-over infection
zoonosis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/9/11/344

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