Orf: An update on current research and future perspectives

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 879-893

  Hosamani, Madhusudan ^a   Scagliarini, Alessandra ^b   Bhanuprakash, Veerakyathappa ^a   McInnes, Colin J ^c   Singh, Raj Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Disease; Epidemiology; Goats; Human; Immunity; Orf; Parapoxvirus; Sheep; Vaccine; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

CASTOR OIL; CIDOFOVIR; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IDOXURIDINE; IMIQUIMOD; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIVE VACCINE; OVINE CONTAGIOUS ECTHYMA VACCINE; POXVIRUS VACCINE; SCABIVAX FORTE; SESAME SEED OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VETERINARY DRUG; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECTHYMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRUS; POXVIRUS INFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SHEEP DISEASE; VACCINATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ECTHYMA, CONTAGIOUS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; ORF VIRUS; RESEARCH; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 71049117293     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ERI.09.64     Document Type: Review

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