Phylogenetic analysis of Croatian orf viruses isolated from sheep and goats.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Orf virus (ORFV) is the prototype of the parapoxvirus genus and it primarily causes contagious ecthyma in goats, sheep, and other ruminants worldwide. In this paper, we described the sequence and phylogenetic analysis of the B2L gene of ORFV from two natural outbreaks: i) in autochthonous Croatian Cres-breed sheep and ii) on small family goat farm.

Results

Sequence and phylogenetic analyses of the ORFV B2L gene showed that the Cro-Cres-12446/09 and Cro-Goat-11727/10 were not clustered together. Cro-Cres-12446/09 shared the highest similarity with ORFV NZ2 from New Zealand, and Ena from Japan; Cro-Goat-11727/10 was closest to the HuB from China and Taiping and Hoping from Taiwan.

Conclusion

Distinct ORFV strains are circulating in Croatia. Although ORFV

SUBMITTER: Lojkic I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2989325 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature