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Volume 24, Number 9—September 2018
Research

Novel Orthopoxvirus and Lethal Disease in Cat, Italy

Gianvito Lanave, Giulia Dowgier, Nicola DecaroComments to Author , Francesco Albanese, Elisa Brogi, Antonio Parisi, Michele Losurdo, Antonio Lavazza, Vito Martella, Canio Buonavoglia, and Gabriella Elia
Author affiliations: University of Bari, Valenzano, Italy (G. Lanave, G. Dowgier, N. Decaro, M. Losurdo, V. Martella, C. Buonavoglia, G. Elia); La Vallonea Veterinary Laboratory, Milan, Italy (F. Albanese); Centro Veterinario Montarioso, Siena, Italy (E. Brogi); Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale di Puglia e Basilicata, Putignano, Italy (A. Parisi); Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale di Lombardia ed Emilia Romagna, Brescia, Italy (A. Lavazza)

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Analysis of an orthopoxvirus isolated from an infected cat, Italy. A) Cytoplasmic fluorescence in infected Vero cells using serum from the diseased cat (original magnification ×400). B) Cytoplasmic inclusion bodies (arrows) in infected Vero cells (hematoxylin and eosin stain, original magnification ×400). C) Pocks (arrows) in the inoculated chorioallantoic membrane of a 12-day-old chick embryo. D) Electron micrograph of orthopoxvirus-like particle from infected Vero cells. The virus preparation

Figure 2. Analysis of an orthopoxvirus isolated from an infected cat, Italy. A) Cytoplasmic fluorescence in infected Vero cells using serum from the diseased cat (original magnification ×400). B) Cytoplasmic inclusion bodies (arrows) in infected Vero cells (hematoxylin and eosin stain, original magnification ×400). C) Pocks (arrows) in the inoculated chorioallantoic membrane of a 12-day-old chick embryo. D) Electron micrograph of orthopoxvirus-like particle from infected Vero cells. The virus preparation was negative-stained with sodium phosphotungstate (original magnification ×25,000).

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