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A poxvirus isolated from the respiratory tract of raccoons in a forest and swamp area near Aberdeen, Maryland, was characterized by biological, serological, and biophysical methods. The virus was shown to be related to the vaccinia-variola subgroup by serological and biophysical methods, but measurably different from the other viruses of this group by biological methods. It causes flaccid paralysis in 1-day-old suckling mice and does not grow well on CAM after two or three passages.
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Thomas, E.K., Palmer, E.L., Obijeski, J.F. et al. Further characterization of raccoonpox virus. Archives of Virology 49, 217–227 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01317540
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