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Orf virus ORFV112, ORFV117 and ORFV127 contribute to ORFV IA82 virulence in sheep.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Jun 2021
Martins Mathias, Rodrigues Fernando S, Joshi Lok R, Jardim José C, Flores Mariana M, Weiblen Rudi, Flores Eduardo F, Diel Diego G
Abstract excerpt
The parapoxvirus orf virus (ORFV) encodes several immunomodulatory proteins (IMPs) that modulate host innate and pro-inflammatory responses to infection. Using the ORFV IA82 strain as the parental virus, recombinant viruses with individual deletions in the genes encoding the IMPs chemokine binding protein (CBP; ORFV112), inhibitor of granulocyte-monocyte colony-stimulating factor and IL-2 (GIF, ORFV117) and...
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