Two new cases of a mysterious virus have been reported by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.
This isn't the first time the so-called Alaskapox virus has been detected in the region. In 2015, a woman living near Fairbanks turned up at her doctor's office with a single reddened pox-like mark on her upper arm and a feeling ofSampling of the pox mark showed that it was caused by a previously unidentified virus of the same family as smallpox and cowpox.
Experts already knew that cats mingling in cow pastures and sickened by cattle virus had helped cowpox make the leap from bovines to humans. And just like in the case of cowpox, they suspected that cats might again be spreading this new virus to people too. The animals that turned up most often with Alaskapox were small mouse-like voles. The rodents with rounded muzzles are known for burrowing in the region. And scientists suspect the Alaskapox virus makes its way from these wild animals to humans through their pet cats or possibly by direct exposure outdoors.
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