Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 24, Number 6—June 2018
Dispatch

Novel Poxvirus in Proliferative Lesions of Wild Rodents in East Central Texas, USA

Carolyn L. Hodo, Matthew R. Mauldin, Jessica E. Light, Kimberly Wilkins, Shiyuyun Tang, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Ginny L. Emerson, Jana M. Ritter, Joanne L. Mansell, and Sarah A. HamerComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA (C.L. Hodo, J.E. Light, J.L. Mansell, S.A. Hamer); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.R. Mauldin, K. Wilkins, S. Tang, Y. Nakazawa, G.L. Emerson, J.M. Ritter)

Main Article

Figure 1

Histologic analysis and electron microscopy of lesions from Baiomys taylori mouse 1 infected with novel poxvirus, east central Texas, USA, 2014. A) Large epidermal masses arose from skin of both hind limbs and tail. B–D) Skin mass. Hematoxylin and eosin stain. B) The proliferative epidermis forms papillary projections with abundant hyperkeratosis and thickening of the stratum spinosum and stratum granulosum. Scale bar indicates 200 µm. C, D) Keratinocytes contain intracytoplasmic eosinophilic vi

Figure 1. Histologic analysis and electron microscopy of lesions from Baiomys taylori mouse 1 infected with novel poxvirus, east central Texas, USA, 2014. A) Large epidermal masses arose from skin of both hind limbs and tail. B–D) Skin mass. Hematoxylin and eosin stain. B) The proliferative epidermis forms papillary projections with abundant hyperkeratosis and thickening of the stratum spinosum and stratum granulosum. Scale bar indicates 200 µm. C, D) Keratinocytes contain intracytoplasmic eosinophilic viral inclusions (C, arrow) that occasionally form extracellular lakes (D, arrow). Panel C scale bar indicates 20 µm; panel D scale bar indicates 50 µm. E, F) Electron microscopy. E) Cytoplasmic inclusions containing granular, electron-dense material and numerous brick-shaped virions. Scale bar indicates 1.5 µm. F) Virions have dense cores and shells of inner and outer membranes consistent with poxvirus (arrow). Scale bar indicates 300 nm.

Download

Main Article

Page created: May 17, 2018
Page updated: May 17, 2018
Page reviewed: May 17, 2018
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external