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Identification of Clade E Avipoxvirus, Mozambique, 2016.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2017
Mapaco Lourenço P, Lacerda Zeiss, Monjane Iolanda V A, Gelaye Esayas, Sussuro Afonso H, Viljoen Gerrit J, Dundon William G, Achá Sara J
Abstract excerpt
Analysis of scab samples collected from poultry during outbreaks of fowlpox in Mozambique in 2016 revealed the presence of clade E avipoxviruses. Infected poultry were from flocks that had been vaccinated against fowlpox virus. These findings require urgent reevaluation of the vaccine formula and control strategies in this country.
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