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Volume 22, Number 7—July 2016
Dispatch

Infection with Possible Novel Parapoxvirus in Horse, Finland, 2013

Niina AirasComments to Author , Maria Hautaniemi, Pernilla Syrjä, Anna Knuuttila, Niina Putkuri1, Lesley Coulter, Colin J. McInnes, Olli Vapalahti, Anita Huovilainen, and Paula M. Kinnunen2
Author affiliations: University of Helsinki Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki, Finland (N. Airas, P. Syrjä, A. Knuuttila, O. Vapalahti, P.M. Kinnunen); Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Helsinki (M. Hautaniemi, A. Huovilainen); Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki (N. Putkuri, O. Vapalahti, P.M. Kinnunen); Moredun Research Institute, Penicuik, UK (L. Coulter, C.J. McInnes); Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki (O. Vapalahti)

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Figure 1

Macroscopic and histologic images of horse infected with possible novel parapoxvirus, Finland, 2013. A) Proliferative and ulcerative skin lesions were seen multifocally on the muzzle, ventral abdomen, and lower limbs (pictured). B) The main histological changes in samples of the skin lesions were severe multifocal lymphohistiocytic dermatitis with marked ballooning degeneration of the stratum granulosum and eosinophilic intrasytoplasmic inclusion bodies in many keratinocytes (arrows). Scale bar

Figure 1. Macroscopic and histologic images of horse infected with possible novel parapoxvirus, Finland, 2013. A) Proliferative and ulcerative skin lesions were seen multifocally on the muzzle, ventral abdomen, and lower limbs (pictured). B) The main histological changes in samples of the skin lesions were severe multifocal lymphohistiocytic dermatitis with marked ballooning degeneration of the stratum granulosum and eosinophilic intrasytoplasmic inclusion bodies in many keratinocytes (arrows). Scale bar indicates 50 μm.

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1Current affiliation: Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.

2Current affiliation: Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Helsinki, Finland.

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