Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with skin lesions from poxvirus infection that healed in 2.5
By Canese, M G et al.Ā·Published in Schweizer Archiv fur TierheilkundeĀ·1997Ā·Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, ItalyĀ·View original on PubMed ā
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Original publication title: Feline poxvirus infection. A case report.
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Plain-English summary
A domestic cat was diagnosed with a poxvirus infection, which caused skin lesions. These lesions healed completely within two and a half months. Tests showed typical signs of the virus in the cat's skin tissue. Fortunately, the cat recovered well without any lasting effects.
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Abstract
Poxvirus infection of a domestic cat is reported. The clinical signs consisted of skin lesions only, which healed within two and a half months. Histopathology revealed cytoplasmatic inclusion bodies typical of pox virus infection. Virus particles morphologically related to the genus orthopoxvirus were detectable in the embedded skin tissue and in skin scraping by electron microscopy. No specific lesions were observed in the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane inoculated with an extraction from skin scabs of the cat.
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