title: A sheeppox virus outbreak in Central Turkey in 2003: isolation and identification of capripoxvirus ovis.
abstract: Poxvirus epidemics occur almost every year and cause significant economic losses for small-scale animal producers in Turkey. In this study, the causative agent of the most recent epidemic in Central Anatolia was detected in clinical samples using electron microscopy (EM) and amplified using an in house polymerase chain reaction procedure for the first time. Additionally, the aetiological agent was isolated from a sheep and identified using EM and PCR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. oguzoglu@veterinary.ankara.edu.tr
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Oğuzoğlu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alkan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozkul
authors.forename: S Atalay
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Vural
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Güngör
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Burgu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018151:Capripoxvirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D011213:Poxviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology