Orf virus infection in Alaskan mountain goats, Dall’s sheep, muskoxen, caribou and Sitka black-tailed deer

• Main Authors: Tryland, Morten, Beckmen, Kimberlee, Burek-Huntington, Kathleen, Breines, Eva, Joern Klein
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Figshare 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; Molecular Biology; Evolutionary Biology; FOS Biological sciences; Ecology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; 110309 Infectious Diseases; FOS Health sciences; 60506 Virology; Nares; muskox; ovibos moschatus; Rangifer tarandus; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4012576.v1; https://figshare.com/collections/Orf_virus_infection_in_Alaskan_mountain_goats_Dall_s_sheep_muskoxen_caribou_and_Sitka_black-tailed_deer/4012576/1

Abstract Background The zoonotic Orf virus (ORFV; genus Parapoxvirus, Poxviridae family) occurs worldwide and is transmitted between sheep and goats, wildlife and man. Archived tissue samples from 16 Alaskan wildlife cases, representing mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus, n = 8), Dall’s sheep (Ovis...