Turkeypox

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Turkeypox is a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Avipoxvirus.[1] It is one of the most common diseases in the Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) population.[2]

[edit] Causes

Turkeypox is caused by the fowlpox virus, which infects birds.[1]

Turkeypox, like all avipoxviruses, is transmitted either through skin contact or by arthropods (typically mosquitos) acting as mechanical vectors.[3]

[edit] See also

  • Chickenpox, an unrelated disease affecting humans

[edit] References

  1. ^ Timoney, John Francis (1988), Hagan and Bruner's Microbiology and Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals, Cornell University Press, ISBN 0801418968, <http://books.google.com/books?id=UtxUbXOfAFUC&pg=PA433&lpg=PA433&dq=turkeypox+in+humans&source=web&ots=K0aldMCymP&sig=F5_Cb58rV4Q3C3QlJwlk4l85-z4> 
  2. ^ Wright, Elizabeth J. & Nayar, Jai K. (2005), “INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF TURKEYPOX VIRUS AND PLASMODIUM HERMANI ON TURKEY POULTS”, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (no. 41(1)): 141-148, <http://www.jwildlifedis.org/cgi/content/full/41/1/141> 
  3. ^ Wobeser, Gary A. (1997), Diseases of Wild Waterfowl, Springer, pp. 50, ISBN 0306455900, <http://books.google.com/books?id=lFXrgRz2Zp0C&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=turkeypox&source=web&ots=gmwsGYW3ju&sig=CBjIluHN5ayLxb191J73KFutrmQ> 


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