TY - JOUR AU - Emerson, Ginny AU - Nordhausen, Robert AU - Garner, Michael AU - Huckabee, John AU - Johnson, Steven AU - Wohrle, Ron AU - Davidson, Whitni AU - Wilkins, Kimberly AU - Li, Yu AU - Doty, Jeffrey AU - Gallardo-Romero, Nadia AU - Metcalfe, Maureen AU - Karem, Kevin AU - Damon, Inger AU - Carroll, Darin T1 - Novel Poxvirus in Big Brown Bats, Northwestern United States T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 6 SP - 1002 SN - 1080-6059 AB - A wildlife hospital and rehabilitation center in northwestern United States received several big brown bats with necrosuppurative osteomyelitis in multiple joints. Wing and joint tissues were positive by PCR for poxvirus. Thin-section electron microscopy showed poxvirus particles within A-type inclusions. Phylogenetic comparison supports establishment of a new genus of Poxviridae. KW - poxvirus KW - viruses KW - osteomyelitis KW - Eptesicus fuscus KW - big brown bats KW - United States KW - zoonoses KW - expedited DO - 10.3201/eid1906.121713 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/6/12-1713_article ER - End of Reference