%0 Journal Article
%T Detection of Novel Poxvirus from Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus), Germany.
%A Pfaff F
%A Kramer K
%A King J
%A Franzke K
%A Rosenberger T
%A Höper D
%A König P
%A Hoffmann D
%A Beer M
%J Emerg Infect Dis
%V 29
%N 6
%D 2023 06
%M 37209672
%F 16.126
%R 10.3201/eid2906.221817
%X We detected a novel poxvirus from a gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) from the North Sea, Germany. The juvenile animal showed pox-like lesions and deteriorating overall health condition and was finally euthanized. Histology, electron microscopy, sequencing, and PCR confirmed a previously undescribed poxvirus of the Chordopoxvirinae subfamily, tentatively named Wadden Sea poxvirus.