Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Fatal cowpox virus infection in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) in Germany.
- Journal:
- Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)
- Year:
- 2014
- Authors:
- Kalthoff, Donata et al.
- Affiliation:
- 1 Institute of Diagnostic Virology · Germany
- Species:
- rodent
Abstract
Cowpox virus (CPXV) was isolated from a fatal outbreak among cotton-top tamarins. Samples from healthy common marmosets in contact were also CPXV genome positive. The CPXV isolated from the cotton-top tamarins exhibited a unique hemagglutinin sequence. Pathogenicity investigations using a Wistar rat model characterized the isolate as low pathogenic.
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