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Identification, phylogenetic evolutionary analysis of GDQY orf virus isolated from Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, southern China.
Gene - 25 Jan 2015
Duan Chaohui, Liao Meiying, Wang Han, Luo Xiaohong, Shao Jing, Xu Ying, Li Wei, Hao Wenbo, Luo Shuhong
Abstract excerpt
Infection with the orf virus (ORFV) leads to contagious ecthyma, also called contagious pustular dermatitis, which usually affects sheep, goats and other small ruminants. It has a great distribution throughout the world and has also been reported to infect humans. Though many strains have been isolated from differing parts of mainland China, rarely has any strain been reported from the southern provinces of...
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