title: Human sealpox resulting from a seal bite: confirmation that sealpox virus is zoonotic.
abstract: The case of a marine mammal technician who sustained a seal-bite to the hand that produced a lesion clinically very similar to orf is described. Sequence analysis of the viral DNA amplified from the lesion by the polymerase chain reaction indicated that it was sealpox virus in origin. This is the first report providing unequivocal evidence that sealpox may be transmitted to humans and causes lesions very similar to orf.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ninewells Hospital &Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, U.K.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: McIntyre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: McInnes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lewis-Jones
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000821:virology*; D018147:Chordopoxvirinae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011213:Poxviridae Infections / Q000821:virology*; D046048:Seals, Earless / Q000821:virology*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral