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. 2014 Jun 27:133–152. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-253055-5.50011-6

TABLE 7-1.

Viruses of Animals That Initiate Infection via the Skin, Oral Mucosa, Genital Tract, or Eye

Route Family or genus Viruses
Minor abrasion Poxviridae Cowpox, swinepox, orf, bovine papular stomatitis, pseudocowpox, fowlpox viruses
Herpesviridae All viruses
Papillomavirus All viruses
Picornaviridae Swine vesicular disease virus
Arthropod bite Mechanical Poxviridae Fowlpox, swinepox, myxoma viruses
Herpesviridae Marek's disease virus
Retroviridae Equine infectious anemia virus
Biological Alphavirus All viruses
Flaviviridae All viruses
Bunyaviridae Rift Valley fever, Nairobi sheep disease viruses
Rhabdoviridae Bovine ephemeral fever, vesicular stomatitis viruses
Orbivirus Bluetongue, African horse sickness viruses
Unclassified African swine fever virus
Bite of vertebrate Rhabdoviridae Rabies virus
Contaminated needle or equipment Papillomavirus All viruses
Togaviridae Hog cholera, bovine virus diarrhea viruses
Retroviridae Equine infectious anemia, bovine leukemia viruses
Genital tract Herpesviridae Many viruses
Papillomavirus Bovine papilloma virus
Togaviridae Equine arteritis virus
Conjunctiva Herpesviridae Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus, equine herpesvirus 1