The characterisation of the ovine skin response to orf virus infection
Orf is a highly contagious, eruptive skin disease of sheep and goats caused by a parapox virus. The virus enters through abrasions in the skin, where it replicates in the regenerating epidermal keratinocytes. Despite the generation of a specific antiviral response, orf virus reinfections can be esta...
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University of Edinburgh
1995
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