Sealpox

Sealpox
Classification and external resources
ICD-9-CM	059.12

The Sealpox is a cutaneous condition caused by parapoxvirus, usually affecting seal handlers who have been bitten by infected harbor or grey seals.^[1]:394 First identified in 1969,^[2] it wasn't unequivocally proven to be transmissible to humans until 2005,^[3] though such transmission had been reported at least as early as 1987.^[4] It causes lesions that closely resemble those caused by orf.^[3] As many as 2% of seals in marine mammal rehabilitation facilities in North America may have it.^[5]

See also

• Farmyard pox
• Tanapox
• Skin lesion

References

1. James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
2. Dunn, J. Lawrence; Spotte, Stephen (1974). "Some Clinical Aspects of Seal Pox in Captive Atlantic Harbor Seals". The Journal of Zoo Animal Medicine. http://www.jstor.org/. p. 27. JSTOR 20094269. External link in |publisher= (help);
3. "Human sealpox resulting from a seal bite: confirmation that sealpox virus is zoonotic."
4. Hastings, Barkley E.; Lowenstine, Linda J.; Gage, Laurie J.; Munn, Robert J. (September 1989). "An Epizootic of Seal Pox in Pinnipeds at a Rehabilitation Center". Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine; American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. pp. 282, 290. JSTOR 20094962. Abstract: An epizootic of cutaneous nodules occurred in three species of pinnipeds at the California Marine Mammal Center during the summer of 1986.
5. Amira Roess; Rebecca Levine; Laura Barth; Benjamin Monroe; Darin Carroll; Inger Damon; Mary Reynolds (December 2011). "Sealpox Virus in Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Facilities, North America, 2007–2009". Emerging Infectious Diseases: Volume 17, Number 12. CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved 4 March 2014.