Publications

genetic identification of novel poxviruses of cetaceans and pinnipeds.	novel poxviruses were identified in skin lesions of several species of cetaceans and pinnipeds using polymerase chain reaction targeting dna polymerase and dna topoisomerase i genes of members of the subfamily chordopoxvirinae. with the exception of parapoxviruses, no molecular data of marine mammal poxviruses were available to infer genetic and evolutionary relatedness to terrestrial vertebrate poxviruses. viruses were assigned to a cetacean poxvirus 1 (cpv-1) group based on nucleotide and amin ...	2006	16328132
poxvirus infection of steller sea lions (eumetopias jubatus) in alaska.	lesions suggestive of poxvirus infection were observed in two steller sea lions (eumetopias jubatus) in alaska during live capture-and-release studies during 2000 and 2001. both of these animals, female pups in poor body condition, were from prince william sound; this population is part of the declining western stock. umbilicated, typically ulcerated dermal nodules were present, primarily on the fore flippers in one case, and over most of the body in the second case. histologically, there were d ...	2005	16456163