Swinepox Virus Strains Isolated from Domestic Pigs and Wild Boar in Germany Display Altered Coding Capacity in the Terminal Genome Region Encoding for Species-Specific Genes

Swinepox Virus Strains Isolated from Domestic Pigs and Wild Boar in Germany Display Altered Coding Capacity in the Terminal Genome Region Encoding for Species-Specific Genes

Swinepox virus (SWPV) is a globally distributed swine pathogen that causes sporadic cases of an acute poxvirus infection in domesticated pigs, characterized by the development of a pathognomonic proliferative dermatitis and secondary ulcerations. More severe disease with higher levels of morbidity a...

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Main Authors: Franziska K. Kaiser, Anastasia Wiedemann, Bianca Kühl, Laura Menke, Andreas Beineke, Wolfgang Baumgärtner, Peter Wohlsein, Kerstin Rigbers, Paul Becher, Martin Peters, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, Martin Ludlow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
swinepox virus
domestic pig
wild boar
next generation sequencing
persistence
intrauterine infection
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/10/2038

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