| Literature DB >> 24745915 |
Keshan Zhang1, Yongjie Liu, Hanjin Kong, Youjun Shang, Xiangtao Liu.
Abstract
Orf virus, which belongs to the Parapoxvirus genus, induces a zoonotic infectious disease characterized by acute, highly vascularized cutaneous pustular lesions in sheep and goats. A number of Orf outbreaks have been reported in sheep and goats in recent years, but no reports have described an Orf virus strain from humans in China. In this study, we diagnosed Orf virus infection in two people, a mother and son, in the Gansu province of China. The human Orf virus was isolated and its phylogenetic characterization was analyzed based on a complete B2L gene. The results are useful for developing prospective programs to control Orf virus infections in both goats and humans.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24745915 PMCID: PMC4026105 DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1445
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis ISSN: 1530-3667 Impact factor: 2.133