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Detection and phylogenetic analysis of Orf virus from sheep in Brazil: a case report
4 May 2009
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Orf virus (ORFV), the prototype of the genus Parapoxvirus (PPV), is the etiological agent of contagious ecthyma, a severe exanthematic dermatitis that afflicts domestic and wild small ruminants. Although South American ORFV outbreaks have occurred and diagnosed there are no South American PPV major membrane glycoprotein B2L gene nucleotide sequences available. CASE PRESENTATION: an outbreak of ovine...
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