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The diagnostic characteristics of four poxviruses isolated from infected Indian buffaloes have been determined. Three isolates were all very similar, differing in only minor properties. They were serologically indistinguishable from vaccinia virus and had the same ceiling temperature as it, and we regard them as slightly different strains of vaccinia virus. The fourth isolate could be clearly differentiated from the other three, and also from existing members of the vaccinia-variola subgroup, and it is suggested that it be called buffalopox virus.
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Baxby, D., Hill, B.J. Characteristics of a new poxvirus isolated from indian buffaloes. Archiv f Virusforschung 35, 70–79 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01249754
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