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Genus Yatapoxvirus

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Yatapoxviruses are a small group of Chordopoxviruses that infect humans and primates. There are two viruses in this genus, Ya ba monkey tumour virus (YMTV) and Ta napox virus (TANV), hence the name Yatapox. A third virus called Yaba-like disease virus (YLDV) is very closely related to TANV so that YLDV and TANV are considered strains of the same species. TANV and YMTV infect primates in equatorial Africa and these infections may be transmitted to man by biting insects as zoonoses. Notable feature of yatapoxviruses are their slow growth in cell culture and the ability of YMTV to induce tumours (histiocytomas) in primates. Here the properties of the Yatapoxvirus genus are described.

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Smith, G.L. (2007). Genus Yatapoxvirus . In: Mercer, A.A., Schmidt, A., Weber, O. (eds) Poxviruses. Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7557-7_6

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