1. Characterization of Lumpy skin disease virus isolated from a giraffe in Vietnam.
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Dao, Tung Duy, Tran, Long Hoang, Nguyen, Hiep Dinh, Hoang, Thuy Thi, Nguyen, Giang Hoang, Tran, Kien Viet Dung, Nguyen, Huyen Xuan, Van Dong, Hieu, Bui, Anh Ngoc, and Bui, Vuong Nghia
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LUMPY skin disease ,VIRUS diseases ,GIRAFFES ,WILDLIFE diseases - Abstract
While investigating a giraffe's death in a Vietnamese zoo, we successfully identified and isolated Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) from skin nodule biopsies and ruptured nodule wound swab samples. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that the isolate obtained in this study was closely related to the previous Vietnamese and Chinese LSDV strains from cattle. This is the first report on the genome detection and isolation of LSDV in a diseased giraffe in Vietnam. Further study is needed to better understand the epidemiology of this disease in wildlife. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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