Out of the Reservoir: Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of a Novel Cowpox Virus Isolated from a Common Vole

• Published in: Journal of Virology
• Main Authors: Hoffmann, Donata, Franke, Annika, Jenckel, Maria, Tamošiūnaitė, Aistė, Schluckebier, Julia, Granzow, Harald, Hoffmann, Bernd, Fischer, Stefan, Ulrich, Rainer G., Höper, Dirk, Goller, Katja, Osterrieder, Nikolaus, Beer, Martin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015
• Subjects: Pathogenesis and Immunity; Brighton; Common vole
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4621121/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26311891; https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01195-15

The incidence of human cowpox virus (CPXV) infections has increased significantly in recent years. Serological surveys have suggested wild rodents as the main CPXV reservoir. We characterized a CPXV isolated during a large-scale screening from a feral common vole. A comparison of the full-length DNA...