title: Isolation, identification and characterization of camelpox virus in Iraq.
abstract: A virus was isolated from pox-like lesions in camels during an outbreak of camelpox disease which occurred in December 1977 in an area near the Iraqi-Iranian border. It was identified serologically as a virus of the Orthopoxvirus group. The biological properties of the isolate indicated that it was probably identical with strains of camelpox virus isolated from Iran, Egypt, Kenya and the U.S.S.R.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus / Q000382:microbiology*; D002645:Chickens; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D000882:Haplorhini; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D007493:Iraq; D051379:Mice; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D011212:Poxviridae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011213:Poxviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D011817:Rabbits; D014776:Virus Cultivation