Infection with Camelpox virus

Article 16.1.

General provisions

For the purposes of the Terrestrial Code, infection with Camelpox virus is defined as an infection of dromedary and bactrian camels (hereafter 'susceptible animals') with Camelpox virus.

The following defines the occurrence of infection with Camelpox virus:

1. Camelpox virus has been isolated and identified as such in a sample from a susceptible animal; or

2. characteristic Orthopox virions have been observed in a sample from a susceptible animal showing clinical signs consistent with infection with Camelpox virus or epidemiologically linked to a confirmed or suspected case; or

3. antigen or nucleic acid specific to Camelpox virus has been detected in a sample from a susceptible animal showing clinical signs consistent with infection with Camelpox virus, or epidemiologically linked to a confirmed or suspected case; or

4. antibodies specific to Camelpox virus, that are not the consequence of vaccination, have been detected in a sample from a susceptible animal showing clinical signs consistent with infection with Camelpox virus, or epidemiologically linked to a confirmed or suspected case.

Standards for diagnosis and vaccines, as well as information on the epidemiology, are described in the Terrestrial Manual.

nb: first adopted in 2024.