Detection of Novel Poxvirus from Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus), Germany.

ABSTRACT: We detected a novel poxvirus from a gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) from the North Sea, Germany. The juvenile animal showed pox-like lesions and deteriorating overall health condition and was finally euthanized. Histology, electron microscopy, sequencing, and PCR confirmed a previously undescribed poxvirus of the Chordopoxvirinae subfamily, tentatively named Wadden Sea poxvirus.

SUBMITTER: Pfaff F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10202864 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature