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==Epidemiology==
==Epidemiology==
BEPV is spread via direct contact, fomites and possibly birds. The virus can be found in the '''axon of neurons''' from its original site of replication, which is thought to be the '''nasal mucosa and tonsils'''. It is also found in tissues such as lung, liver, spleen, kidney, lymph node, heart and testis; suggesting that the virus is spread hematogenously.
BEPV is spread via direct contact, fomites and possibly birds. The virus can be found in the '''axon of neurons''' from its original site of replication, which is thought to be the '''nasal mucosa and tonsils'''. It is also found in tissues such as lung, liver, spleen, kidney, lymph node, heart and testis; suggesting that the virus is spread hematogenously.
The virus has cytopathic effects on these tissues as causes individual rounded cells, cytophasmic vacuoles, and syncytium formation, dead cells detachment, which leave small plaques. Viral inclusion bodies can be seen in some cells.
==Distribution==
==Distribution==