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Genetic diversity of Orf virus isolated from sheep in Uruguay.
Archives of virology - 1 May 2018
Olivero Natalia, Reolon Eduardo, Arbiza Juan, Berois Mabel
Abstract excerpt
Orf virus (ORFV) is the etiological agent of contagious ecthyma, a disease widely spread in the world that occasionally causes zoonotic infections. This work is the first molecular characterization of ORFV in Uruguay, where we analyzed twenty-one sheep samples, eighteen of which were recovered from thirteen ORFV outbreaks that occurred during 2004 to 2011 as well as three strains from a national vaccine....
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