Sealpox
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| Sealpox | |
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| Specialty | Dermatology, infectious diseases |
| Sealpox virus | |
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Varidnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Bamfordvirae |
| Phylum: | Nucleocytoviricota |
| Class: | Pokkesviricetes |
| Order: | Chitovirales |
| Family: | Poxviridae |
| Genus: | Parapoxvirus |
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| Virus: | Sealpox virus
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Sealpox is a Parapoxvirus infection.[1]
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]
See also
References
- ↑ James, William D.; Elston, Dirk; Treat, James R.; Rosenbach, Misha A.; Neuhaus, Isaac (2020). "19. Viral diseases". Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology (13th ed.). Edinburgh: Elsevier. p. 386. ISBN 978-0-323-54753-6. Archived from the original on 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- ↑ Dunn, J. Lawrence; Spotte, Stephen (1974). "Some Clinical Aspects of Seal Pox in Captive Atlantic Harbor Seals". The Journal of Zoo Animal Medicine. 5 (4): 27–30. doi:10.2307/20094269. JSTOR 20094269.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Clark C, McIntyre PG, Evans A, McInnes CJ, Lewis-Jones S (April 2005). "Human sealpox resulting from a seal bite: confirmation that sealpox virus is zoonotic". Br. J. Dermatol. 152 (4): 791–3. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06451.x. PMID 15840117. S2CID 38466772.
- ↑ Hastings, Barkley E.; Lowenstine, Linda J.; Gage, Laurie J.; Munn, Robert J. (September 1989). "An Epizootic of Seal Pox in Pinnipeds at a Rehabilitation Center". Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 20 (3): 282–290. JSTOR 20094962.
Abstract: An epizootic of cutaneous nodules occurred in three species of pinnipeds at the California Marine Mammal Center during the summer of 1986.
- ↑ Roess AA, Levine RS, Barth L, Monroe BP, Carroll DS, Damon IK, Reynolds MG (December 2011). "Sealpox virus in marine mammal rehabilitation facilities, North America, 2007-2009". Emerging Infect. Dis. 17 (12): 2203–8. doi:10.3201/eid1712.101945. PMC 3311194. PMID 22172454.
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