Sealpox

Sealpox
Specialty	Dermatology

Sealpox virus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Varidnaviria
Kingdom:	Bamfordvirae
Phylum:	Nucleocytoviricota
Class:	Pokkesviricetes
Order:	Chitovirales
Family:	Poxviridae
Genus:	Parapoxvirus
Species:	incertae sedis
Virus:	Sealpox virus

Sealpox is a cutaneous (skin) condition caused by a Parapoxvirus, usually affecting seal handlers who have been bitten by infected harbor or grey seals.^[1]^:394 First identified in 1969,^[2] it wasn't unequivocally proven to be transmissible to humans until 2005,^[3] though such transmission had been reported at least as early as 1987.^[4] It causes lesions that closely resemble those caused by orf.^[3] As many as 2% of seals in marine mammal rehabilitation facilities in North America may have it.^[5]

References

↑ James, William D. et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6.
↑ Dunn, J. Lawrence; Spotte, Stephen (1974). "Some Clinical Aspects of Seal Pox in Captive Atlantic Harbor Seals". The Journal of Zoo Animal Medicine 5 (4): 27–30. doi:10.2307/20094269.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Human sealpox resulting from a seal bite: confirmation that sealpox virus is zoonotic". Br. J. Dermatol. 152 (4): 791–3. April 2005. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06451.x. PMID 15840117.
↑ Hastings, Barkley E.; Lowenstine, Linda J.; Gage, Laurie J.; Munn, Robert J. (September 1989). "An Epizootic of Seal Pox in Pinnipeds at a Rehabilitation Center". Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 20 (3): 282–290. "Abstract: An epizootic of cutaneous nodules occurred in three species of pinnipeds at the California Marine Mammal Center during the summer of 1986.".
↑ "Sealpox virus in marine mammal rehabilitation facilities, North America, 2007-2009". Emerging Infect. Dis. 17 (12): 2203–8. December 2011. doi:10.3201/eid1712.101945. PMID 22172454.

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[Andrews-1] James, William D. et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6.

[2] Dunn, J. Lawrence; Spotte, Stephen (1974). "Some Clinical Aspects of Seal Pox in Captive Atlantic Harbor Seals". The Journal of Zoo Animal Medicine 5 (4): 27–30. doi:10.2307/20094269.

[pmid15840117-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Human sealpox resulting from a seal bite: confirmation that sealpox virus is zoonotic". Br. J. Dermatol. 152 (4): 791–3. April 2005. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06451.x. PMID 15840117.

[4] Hastings, Barkley E.; Lowenstine, Linda J.; Gage, Laurie J.; Munn, Robert J. (September 1989). "An Epizootic of Seal Pox in Pinnipeds at a Rehabilitation Center". Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 20 (3): 282–290. "Abstract: An epizootic of cutaneous nodules occurred in three species of pinnipeds at the California Marine Mammal Center during the summer of 1986.".

[pmid22172454-5] "Sealpox virus in marine mammal rehabilitation facilities, North America, 2007-2009". Emerging Infect. Dis. 17 (12): 2203–8. December 2011. doi:10.3201/eid1712.101945. PMID 22172454.

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Sealpox

Topic: Medicine

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