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Isolation, identification and characterization of camelpox virus in Iraq

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

M. M. Al Falluji ,
H. H. Tantawi  and
M. O. Shony
M. M. Al Falluji
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Baghdad University, Iraq
H. H. Tantawi
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Baghdad University, Iraq
M. O. Shony
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Baghdad University, Iraq
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A virus was isolated from pox-like lesions in camels during an outbreak of camelpox disease which occurred in December 1977 in an area near the Iraqi–Iranian border. It was identified serologically as a virus of the Orthopoxvirus group. The biological properties of the isolate indicated that it was probably identical with strains of camelpox virus isolated from Iran, Egypt, Kenya and the U.S.S.R.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 83 , Issue 2 , October 1979 , pp. 267 - 272
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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