Isolation of a poxvirus from a black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus).
A poxvirus was isolated during the latter half of 1993 from a black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) that died of fulminant adenovirus infection in California (USA). The poxvirus was isolated from a pooled tissue homogenate, after repeated serial blind passages in primary black-tailed deer testicular cells. Based on electron microscopic examination of the virus, we observed morphologic features typical of the genus Orthopoxvirus, although definitive characterization was not done.
Patton
J F
JF
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
Nordhausen
R W
RW
Woods
L W
LW
MacLachlan
N J
NJ
D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003670:Deer / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011212:Poxviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011213:Poxviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D012692:Serial Passage; D013737:Testis / Q000166:cytology / Q000821:virology; D014771:Virion / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure