Turkeypox

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]

Causes

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

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

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/?id=UtxUbXOfAFUC&pg=PA433&lpg=PA433&dq=turkeypox+in+humans 
  2. ^ Wright, Elizabeth J.; Nayar, Jai K.; Forrester, DJ (January 1, 2005), "INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF TURKEYPOX VIRUS AND PLASMODIUM HERMANI ON TURKEY POULTS", Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41 (41(1)): 141–148, PMID 15827220, 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/?id=lFXrgRz2Zp0C&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=turkeypox