biostudies-literatureUnknown19(6)Emerson GLA wildlife hospital and rehabilitation center in northwestern United States received several big brown bats with necrosuppurative osteomyelitis in multiple joints. Wing and joint tissues were positive by PCR for poxvirus. Thin-section electron microscopy showed poxvirus particles within A-type inclusions. Phylogenetic comparison supports establishment of a new genus of Poxviridae.Emerging infectious diseases1002-4https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3713833biostudies-literatureNovel poxvirus in big brown bats, northwestern United States.PMC3713833Gallardo-Romero NFWohrle RDDoty JBKarem KLMetcalfe MGDamon IKJohnson SLi YGarner MMDavidson WBWilkins KNordhausen RHuckabee JRCarroll DSEmerson GLfalseNovel poxvirus in big brown bats, northwestern United States.A wildlife hospital and rehabilitation center in northwestern United States received several big brown bats with necrosuppurative osteomyelitis in multiple joints. Wing and joint tissues were positive by PCR for poxvirus. Thin-section electron microscopy showed poxvirus particles within A-type inclusions. Phylogenetic comparison supports establishment of a new genus of Poxviridae.2013-01-01T00:00:00Z2013 Jun2024-11-12T09:00:47.901Z2019-03-27T01:13:10ZS-EPMC37138332373542110.3201/eid1906.121713