Human sealpox resulting from a seal bite: Confirmation that sealpox virus is zoonotic

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 791-793

  Clark, C ^a   McIntyre, P G ^a   Evans, A ^a   McInnes, C J ^b   Lewis Jones, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parapoxvirus; PCR; Sealpox

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITE; CASE REPORT; CHORDOPOXVIRINAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SEALPOX VIRUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BITES AND STINGS; CHORDOPOXVIRINAE; DNA, VIRAL; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEALS, EARLESS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 17644413562     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06451.x     Document Type: Article

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