DISCUSSION: MC is caused by a virus Molluscum contagiosum virus which is a member of the family
Poxviridae (genus Molluscipoxvirus).
sheep poxvirus (SPPV), goatpox virus (GTPV), and lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) of the family
Poxviridae have proved to be effective recombinant vectors to induce protective immunity against several other viruses (20-23).
Causative agent belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus (OPXV) in the family
Poxviridae (Matthews, 1982).
Contagious ecthyma (CE) is a contagious specific skin-disease of small ruminants, caused by a parapox virus of family
poxviridae (Savory et al., 2000).
Avian poxvirus (genus Avipoxvirus, family
Poxviridae) is an enveloped double-stranded DNA virus that may be transmitted to birds by arthropod vectors or mucosal membrane contact with infectious particles.
Viruses in the family
Poxviridae produce disease associated with the production of pox on the skin.
Chordopoxvirinae is a diverse subfamily of viruses V_/within
Poxviridae. These geographically widespread viruses infect birds, reptiles, and mammals, and many are zoonotic (1).
Vaccinia virus (VACV) belongs to family
Poxviridae, genus Orthopoxvirus, and is associated with exanthematic and vesicular disease mainly in cattle, but also in man and, possibly in wild and peridomestic rodents (TRINDADE et al., 2007; ABRAHAO et al., 2009; BORGES et al., 2013; PERES et al., 2013).
The
Poxviridae is divided into two subfamilies: Entomopoxvirinae, that comprises insect poxviruses, and Chordopoxvirinae, that includes all poxviruses of vertebrates (2).
Goat pox virus (GTPV) belongs to the Capri poxvirus genus in the family
Poxviridae. The Capri poxvirus genus consists of GTPV, Sheep pox virus (SPPV) and Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV), whose natural hosts are goats, sheep and cattle, respectively.