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Evidence of zoonotic pseudocowpox virus infection from a cattle in Turkey

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Pseudocowpox virus (PCPV) infects cattle throughout the world and has zoonotic potential. However, it is not known to infect cattle in Turkey. In August 2013, we observed ulcerative nodular swelling and pustules on udder and teats of a cow in a small village nearly Lake of Bafa, Milas, Mugla locate in southwestern part of Turkey. Interestingly, the similar lesions were also observed on skin of milkier women’s hand at the same time. A PCPV strain was characterized based on the major envelop gene sequence. The phylogenetic analysis showed that the isolated strain was closely related to the members of other parapoxvirus genus. This study provides the first description of PCPV infection in Turkey.

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  1. Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Virology, 06110, Dışkapı-Ankara, Turkey

    Tuba Çiğdem Oğuzoğlu

  2. Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Virology, Aydın, Turkey

    Bahattin Taylan Koç & Mehmet Tolga Tan

  3. Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Gynecology, Aydın, Turkey

    Armağan Kirdeci

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Oğuzoğlu, T.Ç., Koç, B.T., Kirdeci, A. et al. Evidence of zoonotic pseudocowpox virus infection from a cattle in Turkey. VirusDis. 25, 381–384 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13337-014-0214-z

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