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Diagnosis and phylogenetic analysis of Orf virus from goats in China: a case report
25 Apr 2010
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BACKGROUND: Orf virus (ORFV) is the etiological agent of contagious pustular dermatitis and is the prototype of the genus Parapoxvirus (PPV). It causes a severe exanthematous dermatitis that afflicts domestic and wild small ruminants. CASE PRESENTATION: In the present study, an outbreak of proliferative dermatitis in farmed goats. The presence of ORFV in tissue scrapings from the lips was confirmed by B2L gene...
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