- Ectromelia virus
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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
- ^ 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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