A poxvirus was isolated during the latter half of 1993 from a black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) that died of fulminant adenovirus infection in California (USA). The poxvirus was isolated from a pooled tissue homogenate, after repeated serial blind passages in primary black-tailed deer testicular cells. Based on electron microscopic examination of the virus, we observed morphologic features typical of the genus Orthopoxvirus, although definitive characterization was not done.
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1 July 1996
Isolation of a Poxvirus from a Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus)
J. F. Patton,
R. W. Nordhausen,
L. W. Woods,
N. J. MacLachlan
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 32 • No. 3
July 1996
Vol. 32 • No. 3
July 1996
black-tailed deer
Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
poxvirus