Sealpox is a
cutaneous (skin) condition caused by a Parapoxvirus, usually affecting seal handlers who have been bitten by infected
harbor or
grey seals.[1]: 394 First identified in 1969,[2] it wasn't unequivocally proven to be transmissible to humans until 2005,[3] though such transmission had been reported at least as early as 1987.[4] It causes lesions that closely resemble those caused by
orf.[3] As many as 2% of seals in marine mammal rehabilitation facilities in North America may have it.[5]
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^Hastings, Barkley E.; Lowenstine, Linda J.; Gage, Laurie J.; Munn, Robert J. (September 1989). "An Epizootic of Seal Pox in Pinnipeds at a Rehabilitation Center". Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 20 (3): 282–290.
JSTOR20094962. Abstract: An epizootic of cutaneous nodules occurred in three species of pinnipeds at the California Marine Mammal Center during the summer of 1986.