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Isolation and Characterization of an Indian Orf Virus from Goats
Author(s) -
Hosamani M.,
Yadav S.,
Kallesh D. J.,
Mondal B.,
Bhanuprakash V.,
Singh R. K.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
zoonoses and public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.87
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1863-2378
pISSN - 1863-1959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01046.x
Subject(s) - virology , biology , virus , phylogenetic tree , nucleic acid sequence , gene , sequence analysis , outbreak , restriction enzyme , strain (injury) , genetics , anatomy
Summary Isolation and characterization of an orf virus has been described here. The virus was isolated from an outbreak of ‘scabby mouth’ in goats in Northern India. Viral morphology from the scab biopsy revealed typical ovoid‐shaped particles characteristic of Parapoxvirus . Virus was isolated from sonicated scab suspension and characterized by restriction enzyme (RE) analysis and sequencing of full‐length GM‐CSF‐ and interleukin‐2 inhibitory factor (GIF) gene. RE pattern of the virus did not show close resemblance to most of the orf viruses published earlier. However, it showed high sequence identity and closer phylogenetic relationship with previously published ORFV‐SA00 strain, as evident from the nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence of GIF gene.