- Camelpox
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name = "Camelpox virus"
virus_group = i
familia = "Poxviridae "
genus = "Orthopoxvirus "
species = "Camelpox virus"Camelpox is a disease of
camel s caused by avirus of the family "Poxviridae " and the genus "Orthopoxvirus ". It causes skin lesions and a generalized infection. Fatality rates may approach 25 percent in epidemics in young camels,cite book|author=Fenner, Frank J.; Gibbs, E. Paul J.; Murphy, Frederick A.; Rott, Rudolph; Studdert, Michael J.; White, David O.|title=Veterinary Virology (2nd ed.)|publisher=Academic Press, Inc|year=1993|id=ISBN 0-12-253056-X] but other cases are generally mild. The infection may be spread to the hands of camel drivers.cite web|author=Carter, G.R.; Wise, D.J.|year=2006|title=Poxviridae|work=A Concise Review of Veterinary Virology| url=http://www.ivis.org/advances/Carter/Part2Chap10/chapter.asp?LA=1|accessdate=2006-06-10]References
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