title: Experimental cowpox virus infection in rats.
abstract: A pet rat derived cowpox virus strain, which was also the source of human infections, was used to infect young Wistar and fancy rats. After an incubation period of 6 days the animals developed a severe, often fatal disease with high amounts of virus detected in oropharyngeal secretions.
authors: Institute of Diagnostic Virology Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Südufer 10, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
authors: Donata
authors: D
authors: Kalthoff
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: König
authors: Hermann
authors: H
authors: Meyer
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Beer
authors: Bernd
authors: B
authors: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015605:Cowpox / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015608:Cowpox virus / Q000502:physiology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D057805:Pets / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017201:Virus Shedding
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral