Zoonotic poxviruses

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 229-236

  Essbauer, Sandra ^a   Pfeffer, Martin ^a   Meyer, Hermann ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cowpox; Monkeypox; Orthopox; Parapox; Pox; Reservoir hosts; Transmission

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHICKENPOX; CHORDOPOXVIRINAE; COWPOX VIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MONKEYPOX; MONKEYPOX VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARAPOXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SMALLPOX; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS;

AFRICA; AMERICAS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INDIA; POXVIRIDAE; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RODENTIA; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; COWPOX VIRUS; POXVIRIDAE; RODENTIA; VACCINIA VIRUS; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 73949096203     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.08.026     Document Type: Review

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