| poxvirus infection in an american red squirrel (tamiasciurus hudsonicus) from northwestern canada. | there are two recognized poxviruses that are associated with disease in tree squirrels: squirrel fibroma virus (sqfv), leporipoxvirus, which affects eastern grey squirrels (sciurus carolinensis) in eastern north america, and squirrelpox virus (sqpv), a member of a newly identified poxvirus genus, which affects european red squirrels (sciurus vulgaris) in the united kingdom. in august 2008, a cutaneous poxvirus-associated disease was identified in a north american red squirrel (tamiasciurus hudso ... | 2009 | 19901387 |
| characterization of a novel poxvirus in a north american red squirrel (tamiasciurus hudsonicus). | in 2009, a novel poxvirus was identified in a north american red squirrel (tamiasciurus hudsonicus) from yukon, canada. initial molecular analyses indicated that this virus was likely to be distinct from all other known mammalian poxviruses, including those previously associated with disease in tree squirrels--squirrel fibroma virus in north america and squirrelpox virus in the uk (uk sqpv). we characterize the canadian squirrelpox virus (canadian sqpv) using dna sequence analysis and negative-c ... | 2013 | 23307385 |