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Ectromelia virus (ECTV) is a
virus of the
family Poxviridae and the
genus Orthopoxvirus that
causes mousepox, a
disease of mice. It has only been seen...
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Ectromelia is a
congenital condition where long
bones are
missing or underdeveloped.
Examples include:
Amelia Hemimelia Phocomelia Sirenomelia "ectromelia"...
- viruses, have the
ability to
infect non-reservoir species. Others, such as
ectromelia and
camelpox viruses, are
highly host-specific.
Vaccinia virus, maintained...
- PMID 13118060.
DALLDORF G,
GIFFORD R (February 1955). "Recognition of
mouse ectromelia". Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 88 (2): 290–2. doi:10.3181/00379727-88-21566...
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Serological characterization can
easily distinguish human ERPV from
ectromelia virus and
vaccinia virus by cross-neutralization and
plaque reduction...
- Ramshaw, Ian A. (2001). "Expression of
Mouse Interleukin-4 by a
Recombinant Ectromelia Virus Suppresses Cytolytic Lymphocyte Responses and
Overcomes Genetic...
- Orthopoxvirus.
Within the
Othopoxvirus genus Cowpox virus strain Brighton Red,
Ectromelia virus and Mpox
virus do not
group closely with any
other member. Variola...
- In addition,
infection will
increase the
sensitivity of the
mouse to
ectromelia virus and to
bacterial endotoxins.
Reported outbreaks have decreased,...
- are skin
webbings (cutaneous fusion),
missing limbs and limb
elements (
ectromelia and hemimelia),
supernumerary limbs and
digits (polymelia and polydactyly)...
- were
single arm
above the
elbow amputees, had double-arm
dysmelia type
ectromelia, had
single arm
paralysis or had a
fixed shoulder joint.
There was an...
