Quokkapox virus

Quokkapox virus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Varidnaviria
Kingdom:	Bamfordvirae
Phylum:	Nucleocytoviricota
Class:	Pokkesviricetes
Order:	Chitovirales
Family:	Poxviridae
Genus:	unassigned
Virus:	Quokkapox virus

Quokkapox virus (QPV), also known as quokka poxvirus, marsupial papillomavirus, or marsupialpox virus,[1] is a dsDNA virus that causes quokkapox. It is unclear whether this virus is its own species or a member of another species.[2] It primarily infects the quokka, which is one of only four macropodid marsupials to get pox lesions. The lesions can mainly be seen on the tail, and can be up to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) in diameter.[3]

Because the quokka host primarily lives on isolated islands in Western Australia, the range of the virus is limited as well. It was first described in 1972 from samples taken on Rottnest Island.[4]

References

Mahy, Brian W. J. (October 2008). The dictionary of virology. Elsevier. p. 393. ISBN 978-0-12-373732-8.
"ICTV 9th Report (2011)". ICTV. Leiden. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2017. List of other related viruses which may be members of the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae but have not been approved as species Quokka poxvirus
Williams, Elizabeth S.; Ian K. Barker (2001). Infectious diseases of wild mammals. Blackwell Publishing. p. 180. doi:10.1002/9780470344880.fmatter. ISBN 978-0-8138-2556-4.
Papadimitriou, J. M.; Ashman, R. B. (July 1972). "A Poxvirus in a Marsupial Papilloma". Journal of General Virology. 16 (1): 87–89. doi:10.1099/0022-1317-16-1-87. PMID 5049081.

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[1] Mahy, Brian W. J. (October 2008). The dictionary of virology. Elsevier. p. 393. ISBN 978-0-12-373732-8.

[ICTV-2] "ICTV 9th Report (2011)". ICTV. Leiden. 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2017. List of other related viruses which may be members of the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae but have not been approved as species Quokka poxvirus

[3] Williams, Elizabeth S.; Ian K. Barker (2001). Infectious diseases of wild mammals. Blackwell Publishing. p. 180. doi:10.1002/9780470344880.fmatter. ISBN 978-0-8138-2556-4.

[4] Papadimitriou, J. M.; Ashman, R. B. (July 1972). "A Poxvirus in a Marsupial Papilloma". Journal of General Virology. 16 (1): 87–89. doi:10.1099/0022-1317-16-1-87. PMID 5049081.