Ectromelia virus

Ectromelia virus
Virus classification
Group:	Group I (dsDNA)
Order:	Unassigned
Family:	Poxviridae
Subfamily:	Chordopoxvirinae
Genus:	Orthopoxvirus
Type species
Vaccinia virus
Species
Ectromelia virus

Ectromelia virus (ECTV) is a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Orthopoxvirus that causes mousepox, a disease of mice. It has only been seen in mouse colonies kept for research purposes.^[1] Mousepox causes skin lesions and generalized disease, which can be fatal. It is the only poxvirus to cause disease naturally in mice.

References

1. ^ Fenner, Frank J.; Gibbs, E. Paul J.; Murphy, Frederick A.; Rott, Rudolph; Studdert, Michael J.; White, David O. (1993). Veterinary Virology (2nd ed.). Academic Press, Inc. ISBN 0-12-253056-X. 

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