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The characterization of African strains of capripoxvirus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. P. Kitching ,
P. P. Bhat  and
D. N. Black
R. P. Kitching
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK
P. P. Bhat
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK
D. N. Black
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NF, UK
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Isolates of capripoxvirus collected from sub-Saharan Africa were compared in sheep, goats and cattle and by restriction endonuclease digestion of their purified DNA. Biochemical techniques were used to precisely identify strains of capripoxvirus for epidemiological investigations. Strains of capripoxvirus infecting cattle have remained very stable over a 30-year period and are closely related to strains recovered from sheep in Africa.

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Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 102 , Issue 2 , April 1989 , pp. 335 - 343
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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