Whole-Genome Sequence of an Orf Virus Isolate Derived from a Cell Culture Infected with Contagious Ecthyma Vaccine.
Daniel L HeareSara V LittleDale W WeiseJames R HarrisAndrew E HillhouseKranti KongantiSara D LawhonPublished in: Microbiology resource announcements (2020)
This is a draft genome of an orf virus (ORFV) vaccine strain assembled via long- and short-read hybrid assembly. ORFV is a zoonotic pathogen that affects sheep and goats. The genome of the virus contained in the vaccine was found to have high similarity (98%) to those of other published strains.