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SUBMITTER: David D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7397903 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
David Dan D Davidson Irit I Berkowitz Asaf A Karniely Sharon S Edery Nir N Bumbarov Velizar V Laskar Orly O Elazari-Volcani Ron R
Veterinary medicine and science 20200225 3
An Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) from the Zoological Gardens, at Tel Aviv, Israel, showed pox-like clinical signs including vesicular and nodular skin lesions on the wings. Cell culture isolation, histopathology, electron microscopy and molecular analysis, revealed the presence of a novel bat poxvirus. Future research is needed to determine whether this virus can affect human health. ...[more]