Poxvirus infections have been found in 230 species of wild and domestic birds worldwide in
both terrestrial and marine environments. This ubiquity raises the question of how infection …

Background Avian poxviruses are important pathogens of both wild and domestic birds. To
date, seven isolates from subclades A and B and one from proposed subclade E, have had …

Avian pox is a widespread infection in birds caused by genus Avipoxvirus pathogens. It is a
noteworthy, potentially lethal disease to wild and domestic hosts. It can produce two different …

Polymerase chain reaction was used to amplify a portion of the avian poxvirus core 4b gene
of infected free-ranging birds that presented at the Wildlife Center of Virginia during the 2003 …

Avipoxviruses have been recognised as significant pathogens in the conservation of
numerous bird species. However, the vast majority of the avipoxviruses that infect wild birds …

Background Two novel avipoxviruses from South Africa have been sequenced, one from a
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)(FeP2) and the other from an African penguin (Spheniscus …

Fifteen strains of Avipoxvirus from different avian species were isolated and molecular
biologically characterized. Most strains did not produce evident pocks on the chorioallantoic …

Avipoxviruses have been isolated from a wide variety of avian hosts, and yet little is known
regarding the host-virus species variation of the genus Avipoxvirus. We have investigated …

Avipoxviruses are significant pathogens infecting a wide range of wild and domestic bird
species globally. Here, we describe a novel genome sequence of magpiepox virus (MPPV) …

We cultured avian pox (Avipoxvirus spp.) from lesions collected on Hawai 'i, Maui, Moloka 'i,
and 'Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands from 15 native or non-native birds representing three …