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SUBMITTER: Abrahao JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2685785 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Abrahão Jônatas S JS Campos Rafael K RK Trindade Giliane S GS Guedes Maria I M MI Lobato Zélia I P ZI Mazur Carlos C Ferreira Paulo C P PC Bonjardim Cláudio A CA Kroon Erna G EG
Virology journal 20090504
<h4>Background</h4>Orf virus (ORFV), the prototype of the genus Parapoxvirus (PPV), is the etiological agent of contagious ecthyma, a severe exanthematic dermatitis that afflicts domestic and wild small ruminants. Although South American ORFV outbreaks have occurred and diagnosed there are no South American PPV major membrane glycoprotein B2L gene nucleotide sequences available.<h4>Case presentation</h4>an outbreak of ovine contagious ecthyma in Midwest Brazil was investigated. The diagnosis was ...[more]