Summary
A virus with the characteristics of an orthopox was isolated from a scab removed from the foot of a California vole. HAI antibody surveys indicated that the virus in enzootic in several different vole populations.
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Regnery, D.C. Isolation and partial characterization of an orthopoxvirus from a California vole(Microtus californicus) . Archives of Virology 94, 159–162 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01313734
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