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Plum pox, also known as sharka, is the most devastating viral disease of stone fruit from the genus Prunus.The disease is caused by the plum pox virus (PPV), and the different strains may infect a variety of stone fruit species including peaches, apricots, plums, nectarine, almonds, and sweet and tart cherries.
Cotia virus of 2012 is an unusual chordopoxvirus that may belong to a new genus. [27] Cotia virus was assigned the new genus Oryzopoxvirus in 2019. [28] A Brazilian porcupinepox virus discovered in 2019 is closely related to the virus. [29] Two more chordopoxviruses are NY_014 and murmansk poxvirus.
[1] [38] The viral 6K2 protein coordinates the rearrangement of host membranes into various infection-associated structures which, depending on the potyvirus species, can include anything from small round viral vesicles to complex globular structures with many cisternae or lobes. These structures are dotted with viral replication complexes and ...
The first patient in the U.S. was hospitalized with "severe" bird flu. Here's what you should know about symptoms, according to an infectious disease expert.
The first monkeypox case in a human was diagnosed in 1970. ... Experts think that vaccine could help reduce symptoms or prevent disease if administered shortly after someone gets infected.
Canarypox, a disease of wild and captive birds; Chickenpox, a highly contagious illness caused by a primary infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV) Cowpox, a rodent disease that can infect cattle, and is also transmissible to humans; used for vaccination against smallpox; Dogpox, an infection of canines; Farmyard pox, an infectious skin disease
Cowpox only occurs in Europe and adjacent Russian states, and despite its name, occurs only rarely in cattle. One common host is the domestic cat, from which human infections are most often acquired. [10] [11] Cowpox virus has also infected a variety of animals in European zoos, such as elephants, resulting in human infection. [12]
Be aware of these first initial signs of infection as Monkeypox cases continue to rise.