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SUBMITTER: Ohtani A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5585939 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ohtani Akifumi A Yokoyama Akihiro A Narushige Hisato H Inoshima Yasuo Y
Virology journal 20170906 1
<h4>Background</h4>Pseudocowpox virus (PCPV) infects cattle worldwide with zoonotic potential but has not been isolated in Japan. Thus, the epidemiological status of PCPV infection in cattle is undetermined.<h4>Results</h4>In May 2016, a cattle in a farm in Yamaguchi Prefecture showed white vesicles and hyperemia in the mucosa under the tongue surface, but not on the teats and coronary cushions. A parapoxvirus was isolated from the oral lesion swab and was genetically characterized based on the ...[more]