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Detection of genetic variations in Orf virus isolates epidemic in Xinjiang China.
Journal of basic microbiology - 1 Nov 2014
Yang Haibo, Meng Qingling, Qiao Jun, Peng Yelong, Xie Kun, Liu Yucheng, Zhao Hailong, Cai Xuepeng, Chen Chuangfu
Abstract excerpt
Orf is an exanthemous viral disease seriously threatening the goat and sheep industry and widely epidemic in the goat and sheep populations in Xinjiang, China. In order to investigate the genetic variability of the orf virus (ORFV), three virus isolates (SHZ1, SHZ2, and SHZ3) were isolated by PCR and Vero cell culture using the clinical samples from the lips of the lambs suspected of ORFV infection. The isolates...
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