Genomic Differences and Mutations in Epidemic Orf Virus and Vaccine Strains: Implications for Improving Orf Virus Vaccines [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesOrf (ORF) is an acute disease caused by the Orf virus (ORFV), and poses a certain threat to animal and human health. Live attenuated vaccines play an important role in the prevention and control of ORF.
Dengshuai Zhao +7 more
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A rare case of human infection with Orf virus in China, 2024 [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyOrf virus is a globally distributed zoonotic pathogen that mainly infects sheep and goats, although cases of human infection have been occasionally reported. In this study, we reported a rare case of human infection with Orf virus in China. A 66-year-old
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A novel ORF127/ORF130 gene deletion Orf virus vaccine candidate: construction and evaluation [PDF]
Virology JournalBackground Orf is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the Orf virus (ORFV), posing a serious threat to the health of ruminants and humans. Vaccination remains the most effective strategy for disease control.
Guangxiang Wang +5 more
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First identification of orf virus from an outbreak of contagious ecthyma in Polish sheep [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary ResearchContagious ecthyma (CE) is a skin disease of goats, sheep and some other domesticated and wild ruminants worldwide, including Poland. The infection is caused by the orf virus (ORFV) of the Parapoxvirus genus. It is characterised by the appearance of skin
Larska Magdalena +2 more
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An evaluation of the ecological niche of Orf virus (Poxviridae): Challenges of distinguishing broad niches from no niches. [PDF]
PLoS ONEContagious ecthyma is a skin disease, caused by Orf virus, creating great economic threats to livestock farming worldwide. Zoonotic potential of this disease has gained recent attention owing to the re-emergence of disease in several parts of the world ...
Rahul Raveendran Nair +2 more
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A Rare Case of Orf Virus Precipitating Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia Superinfection Leading to Native Hip Joint Septic Arthritis [PDF]
Journal of Orthopaedic Case ReportsIntroduction: Orf disease, or Ecthyma contagiosum, is a zoonotic skin infection caused by the orf virus. The orf virus belongs to the family parapoxvirus and is commonly seen in sheep, goats, and deer.
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APPLICATION OF REAL TIME PCR FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SHEEP POXVIRUS, CAMEL POXVIRUS AND CONTAGIOUS ECTHYMA VIRUS ISOLATES [PDF]
Veterinary Medical Journal - Giza, 2008 Recently, attention has been directed toward the application of Real time -PCR assays as a rapid and accurate tools for identification of Capripox, Parapox and Orthopox viruses that cause devastating diseases in farm animals in the Kingdom of Saudi ...
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Heterogeneity among orf virus isolates from goats in Fujian Province, Southern China. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Orf virus is a parapoxvirus that causes recurring contagious ecthyma or orf disease in goat, sheep and other wild and domestic ruminants. Infected animals show signs of pustular lesions on the mouth and muzzle and develop scabs over the lesions. Although
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Future Science OA, 2021 Aim: The aim of this study was to molecularly characterize orf virus isolated from clinical infections in goats in Sokoto metropolis. Materials & methods: Embryonated chicken eggs were used to isolate orf virus according to the established protocol ...
Nafi'u Lawal +8 more
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Orf Virus Detection in the Saliva and Milk of Dairy Goats
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Orf is a zoonotic and highly contagious disease caused by Orf virus (ORFV) infection. Orf outbreaks in sheep and goats usually lead to high culling rate and mortality in newborn kids and lambs, posing a great threat to the development of goat and sheep ...
Wentao Ma +6 more
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