Cowpox virus in llama, Italy

Cowpox virus (CPXV) was isolated from skin lesions of a llama on a farm in Italy. Transmission electron microscopy showed brick-shaped particles consistent with orthopoxviruses. CPXV-antibodies were detected in llama and human serum samples; a CPXV isolate had a hemagglutinin sequence identical to C...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2011-08, Vol.17 (8), p.1513-1515
Main Authors: Cardeti, Giusy, Brozzi, Alberto, Eleni, Claudia, Polici, Nicola, D'Alterio, Gianlorenzo, Carletti, Fabrizio, Scicluna, Maria Teresa, Castilletti, Concetta, Capobianchi, Maria R, Di Caro, Antonino, Autorino, Gian Luca, Amaddeo, Demetrio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
agriculture
Animals
Antibodies, Viral - blood
Camelids, New World - virology
Care and treatment
Cell Line
Cowpox
Cowpox - epidemiology
Cowpox - transmission
Cowpox - veterinary
Cowpox - virology
Cowpox virus - genetics
Cowpox virus - immunology
Cowpox virus - isolation & purification
Cowpox virus - ultrastructure
Diagnosis
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
DNA, Viral - analysis
DNA, Viral - isolation & purification
Dogs
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Italy
Italy - epidemiology
lama glama
Livestock farms
llama
Llamas
Male
Management
Mice
Microscopy, Electron
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
Vero Cells
viruses
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Summary:Cowpox virus (CPXV) was isolated from skin lesions of a llama on a farm in Italy. Transmission electron microscopy showed brick-shaped particles consistent with orthopoxviruses. CPXV-antibodies were detected in llama and human serum samples; a CPXV isolate had a hemagglutinin sequence identical to CPXV-MonKre08/1-2-3 strains isolated from banded mongooses in Germany.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1708.101912