Belo Horizonte virus isolated from infected mice.

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2004 SEP 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have isolated the Belo Horizonte virus, a vaccinia-like virus lacking the A-type

inclusion body gene, from infected mice.

According to published research from Brazil, Belgium, and the United States, "Here is described the isolation of a naturally occurring A-type inclusion body (ATI)-negative vaccinia-like virus, Belo Horizonte virus (VBH), obtained from a mousepox-like outbreak in Brazil. The isolated virus was identified and characterized as an orthopoxvirus by conventional methods. Molecular ...

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