Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Orthopoxvirus DNA in Eurasian Lynx, Sweden

Morten Tryland

, Malachy Ifeanyi Okeke, Carl Hård af Segerstad, Torsten Mörner, Terje Traavik, and Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Tromsø, Norway (M. Tryland); University of Tromsø, Tromsø (M.I. Okeke, T. Traavik); National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden (C. Hård af Segerstad, T. Mörner, M.-P. Ryser-Degiorgis); Genøk—Centre for Biosafety, Tromsø (M.I. Okeke, T. Traavik); University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (M.-P. Ryser-Degiorgis)

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Phylogenetic tree (neighbor-joining method) generated from alignment of identical partial orthopoxvirus (OPV) thymidine kinase (tk) gene sequences obtained from 21 Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from Sweden (designated OPV-TK-23) and corresponding sequences from cowpox virus isolates and other members of the genus Orthopoxvirus as well as other genera of the family Poxviridae. The corresponding tk gene sequences of 2 fowlpox viruses (genus Avipoxvirus) were used to root the tree. Only bootstrap value

Figure 3. Phylogenetic tree (neighbor-joining method) generated from alignment of identical partial orthopoxvirus (OPV) thymidine kinase (tk) gene sequences obtained from 21 Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from Sweden (designated OPV-TK-23) and corresponding sequences from cowpox virus isolates and other members of the genus Orthopoxvirus as well as other genera of the family Poxviridae. The corresponding tk gene sequences of 2 fowlpox viruses (genus Avipoxvirus) were used to root the tree. Only bootstrap values >60 are shown. Scale bar represents distances in substitutions per site.

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