Camelpox

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Camelpox virus
Virus classification
Group: Group I (dsDNA) Family: Poxviridae Genus: Orthopoxvirus Species: Camelpox virus

Camelpox is a disease of camels caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Orthopoxvirus. It causes skin lesions and a generalized infection. Fatality rates may approach 25 percent in epidemics in young camels,^[1] but other cases are generally mild. The infection may be spread to the hands of camel drivers.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Fenner, Frank J.; Gibbs, E. Paul J.; Murphy, Frederick A.; Rott, Rudolph; Studdert, Michael J.; White, David O. (1993). Veterinary Virology (2nd ed.). Academic Press, Inc. ISBN 0-12-253056-X. 
2. ^ Carter, G.R.; Wise, D.J. (2006). Poxviridae. A Concise Review of Veterinary Virology. Retrieved on 2006-06-10.