Phylogenetic analysis of eight sudanese camel contagious ecthyma viruses based on B2L gene sequence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Camel contagious ecthyma (CCE) is an important viral disease of camelids caused by a poxvirus of the genus parapoxvirus (PPV) of the family Poxviridae. The disease has been reported in west and east of the Sudan causing economical losses. However, the PPVs that cause the disease in camels of the Sudan have not yet subjected to genetic characterization. At present, the PPV that cause CCE cannot be properly classified because only few isolates that have been genetically analyzed.

Methods and results

PCR was used to amplify the B2L gene of the PPV directly from clinical specimens collected from dromedary camels affected with contagious ecthyma in the Sudan between 1993 and 2013. PCR products were sequenced and subjected to genetic analysis. The results provided evide

SUBMITTER: Khalafalla AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4578853 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature