Genome analysis of orf virus isolates from goats in the Fujian Province of southern China

Orf virus (ORFV), a species of the genus Parapoxvirus of the family Poxviridae, causes nonsystemic, highly contagious and eruptive disease in sheep, goat, and other wild and domestic ruminants. Our previous work shows orf to be ubiquitous in the Fujian Province of China, a region where there is cons...

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Main Authors: Xuelin eChi, Xiancheng eZeng, Wei eLi, Wenbo eHao, Ming eLi, Xiaohong eHuang, Yifan eHuang, Daniel L Rock, Shuhong eLuo, Shihua eWang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01135/full