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catpox

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catpox
a poxvirus infection of cats in the UK, believed to be the cowpox virus, characterized by multiple nodules and ulcerated lesions of the skin, mainly on the head, face, ears, neck and forelimbs. Occasionally there is conjunctivitis and oral ulceration and rarely generalized infection with fatal respiratory involvement.


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The most closely related sequence corresponded to clone cow HA24 of the catpox 5 isolate of cowpox virus, isolated from a cheetah in 1982 in the United Kingdom (AY902254).
 
 
 
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