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ArticleIndian journal of virology : an official organ of Indian Virological Society2013

Camelpox, an emerging orthopox viral disease.

Vinayagamurthy Balamurugan, Gnanavel Venkatesan, Veerakyathappa Bhanuprakash, Raj Kumar Singh

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Article in Indian journal of virology : an official organ of Indian Virological Society, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Vinayagamurthy BalamuruganProject Directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance (PD_ADMAS), Hebbal, Bangalore, 560024 Karnataka India.
Gnanavel VenkatesanDivision of Virology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Nainital District, 263138 Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand India.
Veerakyathappa BhanuprakashIndian Veterinary Research Institute, Bangalore, 560024 Karnataka India.
Raj Kumar SinghNational Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar, 125001 Haryana India.
Indian Veterinary Research Institute · INNational Institute Of Veterinary Epidemiology And Disease Informatics · INNational Research Centre on Equines · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Camelpox is considered as emerging public health problem during this decade due to increased reported cases and outbreaks in camels. Camelpox is a contagious, often sporadic, and notifiable skin disease of camelids and is socio-economically significant as it incurs considerable loss in terms of morbidity, mortality, loss of weight and reduction in milk yield and confined to camel-rearing countries. The causative agent, camelpox virus (CMLV) is genetically closely related to variola virus and has gained much attention from researchers due to its recent emergence in human. The virus carrying genes responsible for host immune evasion mechanisms owing to the threat posed by potential bio-warfare agents. Although the disease can be diagnosed based on clinical features, the similar confounding skin lesions necessitate identification, detection and differentiation of the CMLV by molecular techniques. Vaccines are available in some countries and the available live attenuated vaccine provides long-lasting immunity. Further, novel highly sensitive and specific techniques would be useful in the identification of emerging and re-emerging virus, thereby therapeutic, prophylactic, preventive measures would be applied in time to curtail further spread of camelpox like other zoonotic diseases. This review provide overview of the camelpox particularly on its epidemiology, pathogenesis and biology of the disease, diagnostic approaches and control measures.

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BiologyCamelpox virusControl measuresDiagnosisEpidemiologyProphylaxis

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PMID24426291
PMCPMC3832703
OpenAlexW1991982137

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