| comparison and phylogenetic analysis of cowpox viruses isolated from cats and humans in fennoscandia. | cowpox virus (cpxv), a member of the genus orthopoxvirus (opv), has reservoirs in small mammals and may cause disease in humans, felidae and other animals. in this study we compared cpxvs isolated from humans and cats in fennoscandia by restriction enzyme and dna sequence analysis. the hindiii restriction profiles clearly distinguished geographically distinct cpxv isolates, whereas only minor differences were found between the profiles of geographically linked isolates. the complete gene sequenc ... | 2009 | 19585075 |